From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Drew Lawson wrote:   
   ...   
   > I may need to lean on songbird's paper & cardboard methods . . .   
   > which brings other supply questions.   
      
     smothering.  :)  good luck!   
      
      
   > As for 2020 . . . .   
   >   
   > Like many people in the world, and maybe several people here, I   
   > deal (sometimes well, sometimes not) with Depression.  Over the   
   > last decade or two, gardening has been a large part of managing   
   > that.   
   >   
   > My *intended* garden schedule starts with seeding the tomatoes   
   > inside in February.  Following that is tilling, mulching, other   
   > seedings (inside & out), etc.  But by February (maybe January) 2020,   
   > I was glued to the horrible situation in Italy, and then far too   
   > many other places.  And I had a sense of dread.   
   >   
   > And I shut down.  Maybe if the seeds had been started, they'd have   
   > pulled me along.  I don't know.  But I was on the couch following   
   > body counts and frozen.   
      
     i don't watch much news as i find it mostly sensationalism for   
   clicks.  i check the headlines for a few minutes but otherwise   
   i don't have the time for that sort of thing.   
      
     with depression and triggers it's important to know what can   
   set you down the hole.   
      
     but also important to know that you can keep putting one foot   
   in front of the other and get on to the next day.  eventually   
   the fog lifts.  also hope you can get to see a counselor if   
   talking to someone helps.   
      
      
   > By mid-March 2020, I was working from home.  And I am still there   
   > today.  (Eight years from even considering retirement.)   
   >   
   > Vaccinated and starting to crack the doors toward, um, something.   
   > Taking baby steps.   
      
     i'm glad i was able to get vaccinated at last.  Michigan   
   was a bit of a shit-show several times with all the nutjobs   
   running around with guns.  a recent post by a doc made the   
   situation clear.  in 2021 the number of cases in MI was   
   about 350,000 with 6,467 of those cases from fully   
   vaccinated people.  98% of the people who died were   
   unvaccinated.   
      
      
   > I may heve neglected to say that the tomatoes are blooming.   
      
     :)  our plants should be putting on some first blooms in   
   the next few weeks.  they're growing pretty well.  have to get   
   the cages up.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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