February 19, 2021

Marriage in the Time of Covid

22 minutes

We’re a year into Covid and in Vermont we’re almost into the last stretch of winter and I’ve been thinking a lot about married people, or people partnered with other people living in houses and apartments day after night for days and months and now a year. I wonder what goes on in those houses and what they talk about and how they get on day after day, night after night. I found a young couple willing to talk with me about how they’re doing. They live in an old farmhouse in central Vermont that they’re renovating…

(((Note: This is not ‘real’. Some people get really mad if they don’t know in advance. So here I am to say it’s not real. Not ENTIRELY real. I mean there’s a lot here that is real. But not all of it.)))

Credits

Thank you Jesse and Serena for excellent cocktails and your insights about condiments

Thank you Brian Clark for your music. And your beautiful woodwork.

Thank you Tobin Anderson for your constant help

A link to Jesse’s work.

Here are some pictures of Jesse and Serena and their awesome house in Plainfield:

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