I wish you all the best! Hopefully the pandemic won't last forever, so that things will settle sooner instead of later. And I hope that after the virus disruption the world will emerge into a new post-shock state, which will be more resilient and more sustainable. I hope so, I do.

Here I've been thinking about writing a cellar update, and some such other small mundane things of my daily life. For the life at my homestead is still very minimally affected by the virus situation. In a way it feels strange that things feel normal at my home - while I read the news that the government is taking increasingly tight measures to slow down the spread rate of the virus.

Oh well. But I cheer and applaud all the ways ordinary people are trying to make the situation more bearable for everyone. For example, in some cities of Finland a grass-roots idea has spread, people have set up loudspeakers on their windows and balconies, playing Darude's Sandstorm once a week on at a given time. I hope things like that empower people and give them a feeling of being together in this situation, using their creativity to lift up moods. Also, there are quite a lot of new forms of helping those in need; not just uplifting the spirit, but also helping elder people to do their shopping now when elder people are told to stay in the isolation of their homes. I think this is what the world needs - while government does their best to co-ordinate actions based on best scientific knowledge available, the ordinary people at grass-roots are using their common sense and creativity to do their best in the situation. I hope that way of coping will keep on growing stronger - as I'm perfectly aware that in crisis conditions a lot of people have an inner tendency to collapse into beast-like short-sighted selfishness. But short-sighted selfishness seldom leads to any long-lasting good outcome, so I wish wisdom and benevolence gain ground and grow strong!