This piece was published on the Boston Book Festival website in a section about being at home during the pandemic. This link leads you to the 10 chosen stories. Here's mine:
My Pandemic Calm in Exactly 50 Words
My underlying condition keeps me inside, overlooking Spy Pond from my seventh story window. I am calm, used to living alone in a room, used to being alone as a writer. I’ve been content, prepared for the long haul, until I saw the mouse. Now every shadow is an enemy.
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Posted by: Sheila Parks | 14 July 2020 at 22:33
Katz! Totally brilliant!
Posted by: Dr Susan Corso | 15 July 2020 at 10:06
Katz and Mouse -- ha!
Posted by: Marj | 15 July 2020 at 18:45