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I miss going out on the terrace and banging a spoon against a pan every night at 7pm.

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I’m thankful for the info that the new variant has the coolest variant name yet--Arcturus!

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"If you want a five pound bag of flour, get here at 7am on Thursday. That's when the flour arrives." Also: the mysterious disappearance of chow mein noodles.

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May 17, 2023Liked by Merrill Markoe

competing over the internet for a few tablespoons of lifeless sourdough starter mailed by a stranger

just as you've begun to hold it together, the internet claims everyone else is doing home renovations or broadcasting solo comedy series from their bedrooms

realizing "I've got a zoom" is an evergreen excuse

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You nailed it. In some ways those early pandemic days feels like a decade ago, in some ways they feel like a strange fever dream.

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Your art brings me such joy, Merrill! I’m so happy you’re publishing it regularly on here

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...at the very beginning of the pandemic I drew this...

https://medium.com/@jackcompere/how-to-correctly-wash-your-hands-23c9b9b4517c

...I'm not *quite* as paranoid, but still N95-ing... thx 4 yr toons!

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