How Pynchon once mistook a virus for a metaphor

[peterthooper at juno.com]

Bekah, be safe! Glad to hear you’re feeling better. Putin bio wow! What a tome to attack.



---------- Original Message ----------
From: Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com>
Cc: pynchon -l <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: How Pynchon once mistook a virus for a metaphor
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:08:35 -0700

Hey Laura, thanks, 

I don’t have deliveries but I’m doing pretty well. I’m trying to look out after myself - keep self safe, etc.  My good neighbor/buddy took me to the ER and stayed there with me last night.  My cleaning lady checks on me regularly.  But I took myself to the market pharmacy this morning to get new Rx’s and a few extra goodies mostly because I was really curious about the situation.  I’m always pretty well stocked without being a prepper.  

Thank you for asking -  :-) 

Btw, I’m reading the new biography,  Mr Putin by Fiona Hill (of Congressional Hearing fame) and Hilary Mantel’s 3rd in her Thomas Cromwell series,   They’re both quite good although the bio can get a wee bit boring at times,  

Becky 

> On Mar 18, 2020, at 10:47 AM, Laura Kelber <laurakelber at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yikes, Becky. Please take care of yourself. Can you get food/medicine deliveries where you live? 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2020, 12:38 PM Becky Lindroos <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Gag re the Orange Pustule, Laura - yep.  I forget that I’m 72 and not in great health and my kids worry as they live half way across the country.  I also have friends here who check on me. 
> 
> Soooo…..   I was in the emergency room last night (8 hours!) and I had a mask because I had symptoms (BUT my symptoms were stomach flu and dehydration).  Most others - (the non-patients) did not have masks. Generic corona-virus testing was somewhere else and the tent for determining that was outside the hospital doors. .  ??? -
> 
> Fwiw,  I had lung surgery in September (I don’t know if I mentioned that prior) and although I’m pretty well recovered I’m still weak - vulnerable.  It was stage 1 cancer.
> 
> Becky  - a Boomer who will not be Removed - 
> So be safe - keep me safe! 
> 
> 
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