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Corona Virus Diary 26: The Numbers

Corona Virus Diary 26: The Numbers

December 12th, 2020 | Family, General, Health, Holidays, Politics, Society at Large

How is one supposed to really grasp the number of those infected and killed by COVID19? There have been 71,401,780 cases confirmed globally, as of December 12 and 1,600,807 deaths. In the United States, 15,939,022 have fallen ill and 296, 656 have died. These are...
Covid Virus Diary 24: Christmas Letter 2020

Covid Virus Diary 24: Christmas Letter 2020

December 4th, 2020 | Family, Gardens and Gardening, General, Holidays, Home Improvements, Society at Large, the world and Mother Nature, Time Passes

Is everyone still there? How to recount the year’s doings when we have done largely nothing? My favorite word–one of the three Oxford Languages chose for Word Of The Year–is “Blursday.” It perfectly describes the mush that time has become. Last year and...
Corona Virus Diary 19: The Deck Chairs of Summer

Corona Virus Diary 19: The Deck Chairs of Summer

October 13th, 2020 | Family, General, Holidays, Home Improvements, Politics, Time Passes

The flagstone patio at Nannie’s and Pop’s home in Hingham underlay the most wonderful wrought-iron furniture. The wheeled back legs of the chaises-longues allowed us to shift these monstrously heavy things relatively easily. Thick cushions in a floral fabric provided...
Corona Virus Diary 16: Shards in the Eye, Ice in the Heart

Corona Virus Diary 16: Shards in the Eye, Ice in the Heart

August 14th, 2020 | Family, General, Politics, Society at Large

One of my favorite books when I was a child—one of my cherished books still—is a collection of stories by Hans Christian Andersen. “The Snow Queen: A Tale in Seven Stories” was one of the most ghoulish and frightening, and one of my favorites. A Fairy-Tale Pandemic A...
Corona Virus Diary 15: It’s Surging Back

Corona Virus Diary 15: It’s Surging Back

August 3rd, 2020 | Family, Friends, General, Health, Politics, Popular Culture

The Baltimore Sun provides a daily update of COVID19 infections and deaths across the state, breaking them out by counties and also by age and race/ethnicity. I look for that long, horizontal gray box and the Harford County numbers in my paper, without fail....
Corona Virus Diary 10: My House Is Divided

Corona Virus Diary 10: My House Is Divided

June 2nd, 2020 | Family, General, Politics, social media, Society at Large

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...
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