Lockdown Capers: A couple chronicles the lighter side of a state-mandated lockdown - Softcover

Pistacchi, John R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1643885693 ISBN 13: 9781643885698

Publisher: Luminare Press, 2021

Synopsis

John and Martha, in their seventies and about to celebrate their fiftieth anniversary, find themselves in a state-mandated COVID-19 lockdown, requiring them to be together 24/7. John chronicles this adventure through the lens of observational humor. As the couple navigates this strange new world of masks, sanitizers, and flour hoarding, nothing is off-limits: from new protocols, to their love/hate relationship with Amazon, to John’s paranoia about dangerous (and possibly imaginary) squirrels, or his foolproof money-saving scheme. John even finds humor in his fight against Parkinson’s and weight gain via his diet and exercise program as well as his Daily Rock Steady Zoom boxing sessions under his fighting name, FAST JOHNNY.

About this title

About the Author

A college professor once pleaded with John Pistacchi to become a writer. John, sensing more money in software, started a successful Silicon Valley computer firm instead. However, his professor's words never faded, and John dabbled in publishing throughout his career. He has published articles in Reader's Digest and in-flight magazines for American Airlines. His retirement has enabled him to return to his old passion. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown, John has been posting weekly observations of the humorous side of the lockdown as a way of keeping in touch with his Parkinson's boxing group till the gym reopens. This book-an accumulation of those weekly musings-is his latest attempt at extending his literary career while maintaining his sanity in these insane times through a self-depreciating sense of humor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Luminare Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1643885693
• ISBN 13: 9781643885698
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 56