Bedridden, and unable to move, I realised that I had spent my life running from misery. It was time to confront it
‘Victorians embraced grief with gusto – exemplified by Queen’s Victoria’s mourning of her husband.’ Prince Albert’s funeral, 1861. Photograph: Print Collector/Getty Images
‘Victorians embraced grief with gusto – exemplified by Queen’s Victoria’s mourning of her husband.’ Prince Albert’s funeral, 1861. Photograph: Print Collector/Getty Images
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Propped up by pillows and turned at intervals, like a pork chop on a grill, I endured a period of enforced bed rest a few years back when my world shrank to four walls. During what doctors termed a “high-risk geriatric pregnancy” I was incapacitated, developing sores on my hips and tailbone (despite the flipping) and an overwhelming melancholy.
When they spotted a familiar face at the Capitol riots, they reported it to authorities
Americans watched in horror. Then, colleagues, friends and family members began pointing out the faces of people they knew, had shared holidays with and, in the midst of a national security crisis, they began reporting them to federal officials.
Patrick McCaughey, who was charged with assaulting a police officer seen on video getting crushed by a door and screaming in pain, was reported to the FBI by someone who knew him from childhood, according to court documents. McCaughey’s attorney declined to comment.
Andrew Ericson, a 23-year-old man from Oklahoma, was charged with two misdemeanors related to the riot after an acquaintance reported his social media livestream to authorities, court documents show. Ericson’s attorney declined to comment.
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