Louisiana lockdown sounds recorded by Trish. "My dog Shackleton talks in his sleep and this is a sample. I'm quarantined under doctor's orders. I have a cough but no other symptoms, but according to my doc it's safest for me and for my community this way. Plus, my state's governor has order us to shelter in place and I think that is sensible. "I take immunosuppressant drugs for RA so I'd just as soon not go out. I've been kind of scared but never bored. There are books to read and dogs to pet. "Mostly the dogs are my saving grace. My husband and I have five (all of them shelter dogs or dogs that were abandoned around where we live), but mostly they have us, since they dictate the rhythms of our days, even more so under quarantine. "Their names are, in order of when they adopted us, Hattie, Sally Alice, Grace, Shackleton, and Celiidh. Shackleton is the largest, a big black Labrador retriever, and the only male. "He sleeps next to me and wakes me up with his sounds. this is his l
