Let's Hear it for the Celebrities! (Does Eye Roll)

We are all fed up to the back teeth with the current situation, and we are looking forward to this rotten germ being under control and our lives returning to some kind of normalcy. But in the interim, we should give thanks to the people working hard to keep the world turning and keep us comforted. Oh no, I'm not talking about emergency service workers, health care workers, delivery drivers, and grocery store staff. The people to whom I refer deserve a higher degree of worship and hagiography. I'm talking about - drum roll, please - CELEBRITIES!

Yes, celebrities, without whom we would not know true courage, valour, and self-sacrifice. Can you believe they are actually Instagramming photos of themselves WITHOUT MAKEUP whilst in self-isolation? Without a single dab of base, or a single swipe of highlighter, or a single stroke of mascara? Can you even begin to fathom the bravery it takes to do this? I am humbled and in awe, and must wipe away tears.

Pictures without makeup. Renditions of Imagine. Madonna bleating nihilistic bullshit in a bathtub with rose petals floating atop the water's surface: is there no end to the lengths to which they will go to make us feel warm and safe?

Pfffffft.

However, in an interesting segue, celebrities to have a bit to do with the Arts, and as has been commonly bandied about lately, it is the ARTS that are helping us cope with being isolated and/or quarantined. When not viewing the ominous malaise in the news, we are enjoying steaming services, or listening to movies, or reading books.

Speaking of reading books, I'm in the market for a new publisher. I am putting some things on Amazon, and have started with Abernethy, a young adult novel about a lonely boy who befriends a talking beagle (the titular character). The dog becomes a kind of Jiminy Cricket figure whilst the boy is awaiting the outcome of his father's appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal. |At the moment, it's e-book format, but I will make shortly it available as a paperback, too. In the spirit of people enjoying books in a bleak time, I have made a promotion that the book be free for five days, and I believe that will commence from midnight (US) 27 March 2020. For more information, just click to the book here.