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Friendly voices
Apr. 19th, 2021 10:22 amDear Adam Savage, Lucy Worsley, Ty Franck and Wes Chatham, Jimmy the Welsh Viking, Joanna Lumley, Michael Wood, Robson Green, John Townsend, James May, Mary Beard, Susan Calman, Jill Bearup, Tony Robinson and the Time Team, Henry Louis Gates, Max Miller, Carl Sagan, Bettany Hughes, Nick Hodges, Waldemar Januszczak, Ken Burns, Stephen Fry, Liz of Lizcapism, Brian Cox (the physicist, not the actor), et. al.
Thank you for being there for me.
It has been over a year since I went into lockdown here in Northern California. I live alone, my family are all on the East Coast, and my work duties were cut back to an as-needed, on-call basis. Early on, in an attempt to keep my brain from leaking out of my ears, I made the decision that at least 50% of screen time on any given day had to be educational content of some sort. I explored PBS, subscribed to Curiosity Stream, and of course, discovered that the algorithms at Youtube and Amazon Prime, figured out pretty quickly the sort of recommendations to lob at me.
Even an introvert used to living alone can get lonely, and the sheer necessity of minimizing contact with outsiders only accentuated the fact. It got to the point where I might just pick a thing on Youtube while I was doing chores or answering emails and just let the algorithms choose the next thing, just so there would be some background noise in the house.
As I look at what must be an incomplete list made up of historians, film makers, re-enactors, food enthusiasts, scientists, travelers, actors, and makers, it is your passion for the material you presented that binds you together. And when I needed desperately to hear a friendly voice, your voices were there.
I have had my first vaccine dose. I went out yesterday for an outdoor, socially distanced lunch with friends. The slow march back to the office reopening, rejoining my pre-pandemic activities and social circle is beginning to unfold.
Thank you. Thank you for taking me out of my head, for showing me the world, for making cool stuff, for teaching me about things I didn't know about before. Thank you for doing what you do.
Sincerely,
Lisa Joseph, Alameda, CA
Thank you for being there for me.
It has been over a year since I went into lockdown here in Northern California. I live alone, my family are all on the East Coast, and my work duties were cut back to an as-needed, on-call basis. Early on, in an attempt to keep my brain from leaking out of my ears, I made the decision that at least 50% of screen time on any given day had to be educational content of some sort. I explored PBS, subscribed to Curiosity Stream, and of course, discovered that the algorithms at Youtube and Amazon Prime, figured out pretty quickly the sort of recommendations to lob at me.
Even an introvert used to living alone can get lonely, and the sheer necessity of minimizing contact with outsiders only accentuated the fact. It got to the point where I might just pick a thing on Youtube while I was doing chores or answering emails and just let the algorithms choose the next thing, just so there would be some background noise in the house.
As I look at what must be an incomplete list made up of historians, film makers, re-enactors, food enthusiasts, scientists, travelers, actors, and makers, it is your passion for the material you presented that binds you together. And when I needed desperately to hear a friendly voice, your voices were there.
I have had my first vaccine dose. I went out yesterday for an outdoor, socially distanced lunch with friends. The slow march back to the office reopening, rejoining my pre-pandemic activities and social circle is beginning to unfold.
Thank you. Thank you for taking me out of my head, for showing me the world, for making cool stuff, for teaching me about things I didn't know about before. Thank you for doing what you do.
Sincerely,
Lisa Joseph, Alameda, CA
