Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 98 [25 June 2020] Published: 26 June 2020 After hiding out for what seems like forever and making a splendid job of it, even if I do say so myself, I had to see a doctor last week. We hypochondriacs have to, you know. We are a bit like train […]
It’s just something I herd … Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 700 [2 February 2022] Published: 2 February 2022 ~ Heard the one about Herd Immunity? If I am not mistaken, and I often am, from what I can make out it seems as if it was announced on 31 January 2022 that the rule […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 645 [9 December 2021] Published: 8 December 2021 ~ Vaccination Passports Stop the Spread of Underpants Diary of a self-isolator is one of a series of posts and thoughts on self-isolating in Kaliningrad. Links to previous posts appear at the end of this post. It’s amazing isn’t it! Just when […]
“Bucket!” he shouted. They hadn’t let him in! Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 608 [2 November 2021] Published: 2 November 2021~Old Tin Buckets & QR Codes So I said to my wife, “No, I don’t think so. I’ve got better things to do this morning.” But she looked so disappointed that I relented, saying, five […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 483 [10 July 2021] Published: 10 July 2021 Growing old is an occupational hazard of being born, but by staying young forever you can avoid untested vaccines and serious complications from catching Covid-19. Just when I was absolutely certain that I would soon be certain about changing the name of […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 460 [17 June 2021] Published: 17 June 2021 ~ Vaccination Rollout is not Russian but World Roulette My sister wrote to me today from England and at the close of her letter asked, and I quote, “Just to touch on the most current topic … How is the [vaccination] ‘roll-out’ […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 365 [14 March 2021] Anniversary of self-isolating in Kaliningrad Congratulations to who, exactly? To WHO? Today marks my first anniversary of self-imposed self-isolation ~ of sorts. Three hundred and sixty-five days of watching where I go and who is standing three hundred and sixty degrees front, sides and back of […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 333 [10 February 2021]or Russia’s Near Normal vs the West’s New Normal Published: 10 February 2021 ~ Russia aims for pre-Covid Near Normality There are a few weeks to go yet before I can legitimately celebrate my first Covid self-isolation anniversary, but as that peculiar milestone approaches there are other […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 292 [31 December 2020]or Goodbye 2020, if I never see you again will it be too soon? Published: 31 December 2020 ~ 2020 Memories are made of this The End is Nigh! Well, you would think so from the aggregated hype bubbling furiously over the past 12 months in the […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 239 [8 November 2020] Going down the Pandemic ~ or just when you thought it couldn’t get much worse … Published: 8 November 2020 With all the gushing, fulsome and hypocritical talk in the western media of a ‘new dawn for democracy’, clearly it is time to steer clear of […]