I wish I had a landline. For emergencies. An answering machine might be okay too. Covid-19 is here and we've been staying at home as much as possible for the last 3+ weeks. As a single person living alone with two cats, the loneliness, boredom, and anxiety take a toll after a while. Maybe you don't live alone, but are experiencing these feelings as well. So what do you do? If you're like me, you easily get sucked in to your smartphone. It's hard not to. You check your email. You check your social media. You check the news. You look at your photos. You put it down. And then, 10 minutes later, you pick it up and check all those same things again. As I fell into this habit, I was reminded of Dr. Jennifer A. King 's blog post series on Medium called Covid-19: Our Brains, Our Bodies, Our Trauma. The fourth installment was called Part 4: Stop Scrolling . So that's what I've done. I've stopped. On Thursday night, I turned off my smartphone.
Comment posted today in reply to blogs by Rosa Contreras regarding the company, Threads for Thought (Sustainable Apparel)... 08/14/2011 - Tracy J. Collier Thank you, Ms. Contreras, for looking into Threads for Thought. I recently purchased two of their shirts on sale at Whole Foods in Boulder, CO . I was thrilled to find such nice, organic cotton shirts with NRDC endorsement. Just this morning, as I was putting on one of them, I noticed the “Made in Pakistan” label and became concerned. After some “Googling” I came across your blog post. I’m glad to know that someone else is thinking about global impact issues that go beyond materials to worker conditions. Thank you for researching Threads for Thought and posting your findings. I agree that it does sound like they’re doing what they can to use sustainable products and protect against human trafficking. This is good news.