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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I am in San Francisco, \u201csheltering in place\u201d. This should not be misconstrued as \u201chouse arrest\u201d. I am not wearing an ankle monitor. I am posting this to provide some tips from three weeks ahead of most of you.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Good news! There are loopholes to our safe confinement, purposefully created within the definitions of \u201cessential needs\u201d and \u201cessential services\u201d. The \u201cneeds\u201d are work, food, medical, and family. The \u201cservices\u201d are the providers of work, food, medical care, and those you take care of in your family/extended family. </p><p class="MsoNormal">We can travel by bus or taxi/rideshare or private car or by walking or riding bikes. We are able to go to markets, pharmacies and doctors (except for elective appointments), and any work that cannot be done from home. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Farmers Markets can stay open, Bars must close. Schools and Libraries are shut, the Parks are open. You can take your sailboat onto the Bay, but you can\u2019t take the Ferry to Sausalito. </p><p class="MsoNormal">In fact, here in San Francisco we can get take-out food at most restaurants. Some are open for dine-in with limited seating. We can order food delivery, for as long as restaurants can afford to keep open.</p><p class="MsoNormal">The Supermarkets are starting to get control over their inventory and their time. We have lots of small stores of varied cultures which are excited to have our business. You will hear about problems in the toilet paper aisles, but you will not hear about the many \u201cGothamly\u201d acts of kindness, sharing, and support that are in effect daily. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Neighbors are shopping for the elderly \u2013 people are buying gift cards from favorite stores to provide a cashflow so they can stay open \u2013 offers of free dog walking \u2013 facebook group story-telling for the little kids. There is a definite increase in socialization, rather than the isolation we have seen with increased internet use. I hear rumors that people plan to emulate the Italians by singing from their front doors and rooftops at a designated time each week.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Frankly, I had already expected and planned for this shutdown. It is a matter of setting your mind to understand what *may* occur, rather than just go with the flow or be afraid. I have been operating within a Risk Assessment Plan. I have not succumbed to hoarding or fear-based shopping. I do not buy everything all at once.</p><p class="MsoNormal">So remember: No Hoarding, just Plan things. No fighting, Just Be Kind. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal">This is an opportunity, not a punishment. Learn to draw, knit, sew. Read novels. Have long phone conversations. Write letters. Yes, Letters!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="linkify">Take Deep Breaths.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="linkify"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="linkify">PS Send me an email if you want my step-by-step guide on food selection for shut-ins. <br>Use Subject Line: Gotham <a href="mailto:tmarquis@newstandardinstitute.com">tmarquis@newstandardinstitute.com</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="linkify">* Read \u201cHitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy\u201d</span></p></div></body></html>