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Nina Kennedy

Life During the COVID-19 Pandemic


Sunday afternoon Happy Hour

Sunday Evening Happy Hour

What can I say? These are frightening, dangerous times. There's nothing like a global pandemic to make us think about what is most important in life. Every day I am grateful for my health, and for the love of my partner. I would hate to think of what it would be like to have to survive this crisis alone. Keep in mind, I have no siblings, and my parents died long ago. April and Mittens are my family, and I am so glad that we are together.

Our family

Meanwhile, we meet with our friends twice a week for a virtual Saturday night dance party, and Sunday evening Happy Hour. Seeing our friends' faces and hearing their voices help to eliminate some of the stress of worrying about everybody.

My poor friends who are performers are really suffering, especially the opera singers! They need to keep their diaphragm and throat muscles in shape. Being trapped in their apartments, how are they supposed to keep their muscles toned while neighbors complain about the "noise"? Some of them are worried if they will ever be able to go back to singing on the stage.

Our family

We are carrying our own disappointments right now, as my book launch was scheduled for April 15th. We had planned to drive across the country with our dear friend Alina Wilczynski and a car full of books. Unfortunately this will have to wait. Who knows when the colleges and bookstores where I had planned to do readings and signings will reopen? But for one piece of good news: as my book Practicing for Love is the first of a series, the next two books have been completed. I actually finished the second book Practice What You Preach before I went into surgery in January. Then, I was half-way through the third book and finished its outline in case it had to be finished by someone else. So after the surgery, I spent the first month of isolation finishing that book, Practice Made Perfect.