With the idea that everybody is stuck inside, and possibly taking a financial hit, here are some free resources to make another long month a little more bearable.

 If you have a device that you can read e-books on, here is a giant list of places where you can legally download books on a variety of topics. https://iheartintelligence.com/free-books-100-legal-sites-download-literature/

A project called Cities and Memory is collecting field recordings of city soundscapes under lockdown. You can explore it here https://citiesandmemory.com/what-is-cities-and-memory-about/

If you happen to like opera, The Metroplitan Opera is streaming a free opera every day for 24 hours. https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/ 

This is a good time to learn about the National Emergency Library. It was created to “provide books to students and the public. http://blog.archive.org/2020/03/24/announcing-a-national-emergency-library-to-provide-digitized-books-to-students-and-the-public/ 

IF (that’s a big if) you need to go out for supplies, here are instructions for making a face mask without sewing, with things around the house. https://blog.japanesecreations.com/no-sew-face-mask-with-handkerchief-and-hair-tie 

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And here is a recipe to make your own hand sanitizer https://www.wired.com/story/how-to-make-hand-sanitizer/