Marriage in the Time of Covid
Podcast |
Rumble Strip
Publisher |
Hub & Spoke
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Feb 19, 2021
Episode Duration |
00:22:57
Marriage is hard. How hard is it during Covid? It seems pretty hard.
Marriage is hard. How hard is it during Covid? It seems pretty hard.

We’re a year into Covid and in Vermont we’re almost into the last stretch of winter and I’ve been thinking a lot about married people, or people partnered with other people living in houses and apartments day after night for days and months and now a year. I wonder what goes on in those houses and what they talk about and how they get on day after day, night after night. I found a young couple willing to talk with me about how they’re doing. They live in an old farmhouse in central Vermont that they’re renovating…

(((Note: This is not ‘real’. Some people get really mad if they don’t know in advance. So here I am to say it’s not real. Not ENTIRELY real. I mean there’s a lot here that is real. But not all of it.)))

Credits

  • Thank you Jesse and Serena for excellent cocktails and your insights about condiments
  • Thank you Brian Clark for your music. And your beautiful woodwork.
  • Thank you Tobin Anderson for your constant help
  • A link to Jesse’s work.

Here are some pictures of Jesse and Serena and their awesome house in Plainfield:

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