No more private parts?

As time goes by I spend more and more time on Zoom. While doing so, it has been noticeable that (putting on my sociological hat) the distinction between public spaces and private spaces is being steadily eroded. People behave more and more, in a wide variety of situations, as if they are in their own … Read more

The fate of the Pony Express

What did we do before Zoom was invented? Or more to the point, how would we cope during the current pandemic without it? I’m booked for three sessions this week, and my wife for another two. It is a wonderful means of sustaining sociability at a time when direct encounters with a group of people … Read more