tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post8959336329466239054..comments2024-03-28T15:17:03.077-04:00Comments on Type M for Murder: DepressedBarbara Fradkinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06992196707567972990noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-40818583920727773772020-08-08T22:26:08.151-04:002020-08-08T22:26:08.151-04:00Donis, I'm struggling to write a review of an ...Donis, I'm struggling to write a review of an academic book for a very prestigious journal. It should have been done weeks ago. <br /><br />Everyone I know is hampered by the "low level depression" Michelle Obama mentioned in a recent post. You are doing fine. Only very unobservant people think things are just peachy, right now.Charlotte Hingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044024871533181178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-35624995364105590352020-08-08T10:27:28.855-04:002020-08-08T10:27:28.855-04:00Donis, thank you for giving voice to a struggle ma...Donis, thank you for giving voice to a struggle many of us are facing. I think writers as a group tend to be more sensitive than the average person, and while that sensitivity is a gift, it also means that we feel pain and sadness more acutely, and it stays with us for a longer period of time. I'm trying to combat distraction and sadness by focusing on small things that make me happy... Tanyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-39640290566976950052020-08-07T05:23:41.019-04:002020-08-07T05:23:41.019-04:00We're all feeling the same, Donis. It seems to...We're all feeling the same, Donis. It seems to take tremendous effort to accomplish a fraction of what we routinely did before the pandemic and people's lack of commonsense compliance with basic safeguards became a daily reality we couldn't do much to change. What makes it even worse is knowing that we have months and months of this ahead of us. It will be well into 2021 before we canRosemary Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965957956291765288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-21023173869650846162020-08-06T16:51:56.949-04:002020-08-06T16:51:56.949-04:00I know it's progress just not as fast as I wan...I know it's progress just not as fast as I want to be going. sigh.Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-1920312560373161762020-08-06T14:57:28.809-04:002020-08-06T14:57:28.809-04:00Sybil, plodding is progress! (You already knew tha...Sybil, plodding is progress! (You already knew that, didn't you?)Annanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-29268441540278992662020-08-06T13:15:54.772-04:002020-08-06T13:15:54.772-04:00Anna, thanks for your words of wisdom! And Sybil, ...Anna, thanks for your words of wisdom! And Sybil, I'm with you, darlin'.Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-86069062689736584592020-08-06T12:59:56.804-04:002020-08-06T12:59:56.804-04:00The world is a tiring place right now. I've be...The world is a tiring place right now. I've been mad at myself for not yet finishing the book I'm working on. I would have finished it months ago had I had a set deadline (i.e. a contract to fulfill) or all of this stuff hadn't been going on. Right now, I'm just plodding along, a little bit at a time. Sybil Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931984219413146614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30210943.post-80710055770045126552020-08-06T11:06:49.025-04:002020-08-06T11:06:49.025-04:00You could have been reading my mind. Thank you! Th...You could have been reading my mind. Thank you! This post was your excellent story for today. Now you have cleared it off the top of your head and made room for what is coming next, feeling its way toward you, bearing a gift you weren't expecting. Annanoreply@blogger.com