We watched the advance of novel Corona, COVID19, as it engulfed Wuhan, spread into other…
Corona Virus Diary 13: I Need To Leave
I so want to leave. It doesn’t matter where we might go, just get in the car or take a cheap flight to some place we’ve talked about visiting, like Nashville, Tennesee, or Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Such domestic destinations are apart from our desire to see the lochs and...
Corona Virus Diary 12: Seeing Things Differently
For the first time in sixty-three years, I can see the world with a certain clarity when I open my eyes in the morning, and yet I still reach for the glasses I expect to be on my nightstand and I fumble at my face to take them off at bedtime. The sight in my left eye...
Corona Virus Diary 11: Every Week Tonight
The phrase “police brutality” has been part of my vocabulary since at least 1968. That is the year that the Democratic Presidential Convention faced immense political challenges inside the International Amphitheatre and protesters clashed with literally thousands of...
Corona Virus Diary 10: My House Is Divided
A while back I received a cryptic email from one of my brothers, J. I have some information that is very important for you to hear. I am pretty sure you won’t like it but your health depends on knowing what I now know. I’m giving you this initial heads up to see if...
Corona Virus Diary 9: Elvirus
This morning, I found an ear of deer corn dug into one of the pots of newly planted begonias. We are assuming the culprit is Elvirus, but it could have been a squirrel. We have a lot of squirrels and they plant acorns all over the place and make a mess of containers...
Corona Virus Diary 8: Essential Services?
What the heck is with the fixation on the beauty parlor? You’d think that hairdressers were emotional support animals, for all the anxiety that separation from them has generated. Talking heads on news programs apologize for their disheveled appearances and...
Corona Virus Diary 7: The Cure For What Ails Us
We all know the six symptoms of COVID19: Cough Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing Fever Chills Muscle pain Sore throat New loss of taste or smell I know the symptoms, certainly. Yet, even though it is my sixty-eighth pollen season– my car is green with...
Corona Virus Diary 6: Halting the Erosion
Apparently, the president believes that ultraviolet light, shone on one’s skin or, through some miracle of engineering, on one’s innards, will cure COVID-19. I, on the other hand, am pretty sure the only thing significant exposure to UV rays will do is give me skin...