Audio Journaling During COVID-19

My Wonderful Audio Recorder

I decided to keep an audio journal during the Coronavirus outbreak.  I don't know yet what I'll do with the audio. I don't even know if I'm going to publish it. But I think it'll be an incredible artifact to have of what my life was like during this historical event, and have my real time thoughts and feelings discussed and heard. Could be something I share with my family in the future.

Selfishly, it also give me an opportunity to get behind a microphone, and stay sharp. I recorded my first entry about an hour ago, and these are the questions I'm going to focus on for each entry:

1. Any new developments and reactions to them.
2. How am I doing physically and emotionally. How is my family doing?
3. What's the overall experience been like?
4. Any thoughts or reaction as a whole to what has been going on, or towards to developments.

I think these questions will provide fertile discussion points for my audio journal.

Lost and Found Sounds: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Thomas Edison Part I

During these stressful and uncertain times, I've turned to podcasts as sources of entertainment and distractions. One series in particular has offered much needed reprise from the modern world, and I hope you'll give it a listen.

Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva, better known as the Peabody Award Winning independent producers 'The Kitchen Sisters', produced an incredible series entitled "Lost and Found Sounds", which aired on All Things Considered on NPR. Described on its website as "Richly layered tales chronicling people possessed by sound who shaped the sonic landscape of the nation."

I LOVE this series. I love it when storytellers are able to tell you a familiar story, but from a totally different and unusual perspective. That's exactly what "Lost and Found Sounds" is. Here's my favorite episode thus far, it's entitled: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Thomas Edison Part 1.