Hausbrandt

With William starting the new school year at home due to a lingering cough, the so called “life puzzle” is again under strain. Taking a break from the marking, I was at least able to briefly escape to the swimming pool today which made wonders to my laptop neck.

Otherwise, the school just sent out the first alert that someone had tested positive for Covid. Given the extreme transmissibility of the omicron variant, this feels a bit like yesterday’s news. Looking at the data, it seems pretty clear that we will all be exposed and that nothing short of a China-style lockdown, if even that, would be sufficient at this point.

On an happier note, and for those of us who never stopped dreaming about Europe, I just imported some coffee from Café Hausbrandt in Trieste, including a big red bag of “Academia” beans. Like in the good old pre-covid days, I plan to make a large thermos with Americano every morning to bring along to my lectures.