LNB Associates
  • Home
  • Blog
  • Resume
  • Client List
  • Publications
  • Writing Samples
  • Contact
Select Page
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...
Corona Virus Diary 7: The Cure For What Ails Us

Corona Virus Diary 7: The Cure For What Ails Us

May 10th, 2020 | business and finance, Family, Friends, General, Health, Politics, Popular Culture, Society at Large

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 5: The Most Vulnerable

Corona Virus Diary 5: The Most Vulnerable

April 21st, 2020 | Family, General, Health, Politics, Society at Large

We got a call from my Dear One’s children today. The nursing facility in Pennsylvania where his elder daughter lives, despite having been quarantined for six weeks, is now reporting cases of COVID-19. M is sixty-four and frail: a lifetime of poor nutrition, drug use...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »
K-12 language arts, social studies and science passages and items; history of art, art education and art criticism; travel writing

Recent Posts

  • Lisboa 5: A Glance Back
  • Lisboa 4: Alfama’s Heights
  • Lisboa 3: Sintra
  • Lisboa 2:  The Beauty and the Shame
  • Lisboa 1: Getting Started

Categories

Related Posts

  • My Corona Virus Diary 1: Hitting Uncomfortably Close To Home

    We watched the advance of novel Corona, COVID19, as it engulfed Wuhan, spread into other…

  • Corona Virus Diary 2: Our Government Behind the Curtain

    The Internal Revenue Service wisely extended the deadline for filing federal tax returns until July…

  • Corona Virus Diary 3: Digging Weeds and Other Distractions

    There has been a lot of retrospection in this time of COVID-19. Who if anyone…