Fun Still Exists

What are you doing to beat the monotony, chaos and general dislocation in your life and work? Send us your best home remedies and we’ll share them with our network.

HBO and other premium cable networks are offering free programming and streaming. Some are offering 30-day free trials. Check with your provider to see what’s available. We’ve been loading up the DVR with seriously questionable choices and its been a blast.

Feeling the stress? Check out HeadSpace at www.headspce.com To help support people through this time of crisis, they’re offering some meditations you can listen to anytime. These are part of a larger collection in the Headspace app — free for everyone — called Weathering the storm. It includes meditations, sleep, and movement exercises to help you out, however you’re feeling. Download the app today and just keep breathing.

SiriusXM streaming radio service is offering free in-home access to more tan 300 channels. You can download the app at SiriusXM app or SiriusXM.com/stream-free and click on ‘Start Streaming’. Ignore the ‘free preview’ button and the request to set up an account with a credit card – you don’t need to do either.

From Country Roads to COVID Woes: How one musical family is sheltering in place

Dave Scheiber, Tuesday, April 14, 2020 – as published in 83Degrees.  The Scheiber family in St. Pete created a parody and family music video involving all six children (at home, in Orlando, and in St. Petersburg) and six grandchildren. Set to the tune of John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads,” their version is entitled “Stuck at Home, COVID Woes.”

Everyone loves a Publix Bakery: