I'm five days into my COVID-19 related "social distancing". Or self-isolation, -quarantine...whatever you want to call it. And lads, the house has looked better. The counter is strewn with vegetables which I panic-bought and have no idea how to cook, (what does one do with artichokes?), remnants of a Paddy's Day cheese plate and red wine-stained glasses, at which I'm refusing to look.

Additionally, if I continue with my usual rotation of Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Lankum, I'll snap. No shade to any of them, but there's only so much loneliness a person can handle.

If, like me, you're feeling the need to scrub your gaff and dust the baseboards with a cotton swab while singing merrily away, this one's for you.

P.S: Please forward all artichoke and whatever's-in-the-pantry recipes to me.