States of emergency
In Spain as well the pandemic is hitting hard. This weekend marks the beginning of emergency measures whereby cafés and restaurants are allowed to open only for takeaway service, cinemas that open require mask use and spacing measures, and shops limit numbers of shoppers. The general rule is to remain at home unless you truly need to go out, although parks and wide avenues are open for exercise.
Today is the final day of Barcelona Poesia. My original intention was to announce this here as it began, but in the end I left that at likes and shares of the information on Twitter and Facebook. The Barcelona City Hall (Ajuntament) website informs only in Catalan and Spanish (top bar). Late as it is, smacking my own wrist for not acting sooner, I’ll leave the link below.
The current perceived emergency has brought a lot of thought about space/place and human roles. Informed about the safety of staying inside I find articles on this dyadic relationship merging with news articles (often unsolicited so to speak) on space/place travel. So one swivels around the /. In any case here is the Barcelona Poesia link: