by Seth Fischer | Mar 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
My dad died yesterday morning. This happened: I wish I could be sharing this news in a way that celebrates his life, and I will do that soon. But I need your help. My dad died this morning of "respiratory distress." (1 of 4) #COVID19 — Seth Fischer...
by Seth Fischer | Mar 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, I woke up, poured a couple mugs of coffee down my throat, and, in a rare bout of self-control, went outside for a jog before I checked my phone or email for news about the world and my dad. My dad’s in a memory care facility in Boston where he is in...
by Seth Fischer | Mar 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
The good news is I wrote a thing for The Nervous Breakdown about how awesome blogs are. I’m tired of professionalism. I’m tired of millennialism. I want the real right now. I want details right now. I want to be grounded. And for whatever weird reason,...
by Seth Fischer | Mar 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
So my dad’s care facility just announced that a patient on his floor died of COVID yesterday, and they aren’t letting my stepmom or anyone have a Zoom meeting with him until the 31st, and they told me on the day my quarantine would’ve ended that my...
by Seth Fischer | Mar 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Got an email from my dad’s memory care facility last night that a worker tested positive. This is … not ideal. I’m realizing that all of my posts are starting off with “I went for a jog this morning” because this is the highlight of my...
by Seth Fischer | Mar 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
This morning, I got myself ready to run, knowing I’d go by the LA Fire/National Guard facility which is on the way to Elysian Park, and guessing I’d see something unsettling there. I ran down, enjoying the clean air even though I was right next to the...
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