So … how's everyone doing? Do anything fun last weekend?

It was a really nice one — and the parks were full of singles, couples, and family groups respectfully socially distancing from each other. There was that weird energy in the air, what New York Times food writer Sam Sifton referred to as a "brittle" vibe in a column on Saturday. Yes, even in the time of coronavirus, my first clicks still go to the food content. And brittle was the word I had been looking for all week, as I thought of the air as "crackly" and "prickly". It's a level of stress so new for most of us, and we are still finding the words.

To get back to the food thing, a Bloomberg article making the rounds online claims that "Americans drop kale and quinoa to junker down with chips and Oreos." Apparently, sales of traditional comfort foods (read: bad for you) have spiked. For once, I was on trend — I went to the grocery store on Friday without a list, and with every emotional nerve exposed. I left with a cart full of groceries that looked like it was purchased by a 12 year old boy whose parents left him alone for the weekend with a credit card and instacart on speed dial.

Meanwhile, as most of us have found, nature is still out there for us, and given what you might be eating, a nice long walk is probably a really great idea. Trails remain open at Audubon properties (asri.org), Norman Bird Sanctuary (Normanbirdsanctaury.org) and the Westport Land Trust (Westportlandtrust.org), to name just a few. As we are coming to learn, that can change at any time, particularly if non-compliance with social distancing leads Governor Raimondo to determine a shelter in place directive is in order. So you head out anywhere, check their website and make sure they are are still open to the public.

Now that we are getting adapted to this new normal, we're expanding our options. With human ingenuity leading the charge, in two weeks we have moved our entire educational system online (yes, there will be hiccups, but wow, that is truly an incredible achievement).

A couple of weeks ago I had never used Zoom, Google hangouts, or any other of these online conferencing platforms that are going to keep us all connected through this. But last night I "attended" my niece's virtual birthday party. I couldn't taste the cake and my dad's image was horizontal through much of it, but we did it. And I'm "getting together" with some other friends Tuesday, on this platform that would have been considered a poor substitute a month ago…..but it's what we've got, and it will do for now.

Conferencing get-togethers, live streamed concerts, virtual dance parties — this is human ingenuity at its finest. It's the same human ingenuity that will find our treatments and vaccines. So do your part, whether your part is stepping up as a leader or a medical professional, a stylist sending messages to their clients to tell them the best products to keep the grays at bay until we see each other again (thanks, New Leaf!), a yoga studio owner teaching a class to a seemingly empty room, DJing a virtual dance party, or recognizing that you are not 100 percent and need to stay home….do your part.

And pray the internet can handle this traffic.

Here are a few things you can do online, local and global, many of which did not exist even 2 weeks ago.

Love + Harmony benefit concert
Common Fence Music will move forward with their Love + Harmony Benefit Concert, scheduled for Saturday, March 28 at 8 p.m., without any audience present. Instead, local and regional artists will perform to a bare bones production staff who will broadcast the event live from the CFP Arts, Wellness & Community Center in Portsmouth to the CFM YouTube channel, free to the public. The show will feature an array of local and regional talent, including Avi Jacob, Bank of Ireland, Dan Lilley & Amy Bedard, Emerald Ray, Haunt the House, Hawthorn, Hollow Turtle and Slackwater String Band. Local multi-instrumentalist and host of WRIU’s Traditions program Tom Duksta will emcee the evening. For those wishing to view the event after it has aired, the video will be conveniently posted to the CFM YouTube channel which can be reached via a link on the CFM website, commonfencemusic.org.

Yoga online
It's a great de-stressor in a time of crisis, but with yoga studios across the state shuttered for the time being, innovative studio owners have moved to distance learning. Locally, Rhode Island Hot Yoga (rhodeIslandhotyoga.com), Bristol Yoga Studio (bristolyogastudio.com), and Synergy Power Yoga (synergypoweryoga.com) are among the many offering virtual classes through Zoom and other platforms. While this means that, in theory, you could take a class anywhere in the country, please keep all fee-based classes local — it will help these studios keep their door open when life returns to normal.

Dance with Island Moving Company
Island Moving Company and the Newport Academy of Ballet are offering their new Climb the Walls! series, free, 30-minute live micro-classes through IMC's website and social media platforms. Both kids and adult programs are available. Please visit Islandmovingco.org.

Take in some culture
Here are just some of the world-class art collections that are accessible (at least in part) online:
Musee du Louvre (louvre.fr)
Vatican Museums (museivaticani.va)
Van Gogh Museum (vangoghmuseum.nl)
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (gardnermuseum.org)
Tate Modern (tate.org.uk)
Uffizi Galleries (uffizi.it)

Tour a national park
You can't jet around the country right now, but at artsandculture.withgoogle.com, you can tour national parks from coast to coast, including Acadia in Maine, Dry Tortugas in Florica, Hawaii Volcanoes, and Kenai Fjords in Alaska.

Check out the best travel films of all time
Conde Nast has compiled a list of the 50 best travel films of all time, from Roman Holiday to Crazy Rich Asians. You can find it at cntraveler.com.

Visit the New England Aquarium
Yes, Boston is closed until further notice, but the New England Aquarium has put together a virtual visit that you can enjoy at neaq.org. Added benefit: watching fish is really relaxing.

Party with J Lo and Michelle O
Check out DJ D-Nice's Instagram feed for nightly live dance parties that have been attracting the likes of Oprah and John Legend, as well as the aforementioned J Lo and Michelle Obama. Called the Home School social distancing dance party, D-Nice has been going live at 6 p.m. EDT.

Metropolitan Opera live
If your personal nightmare would be finding yourself in 'da club, perhaps opera would be more to your liking? If so, the Metropolitan Opera is streaming some of their most popular operas from their Live in HD series every night beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visit metopera.org for more information.