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Corona Virus Diary 9: Elvirus

Corona Virus Diary 9: Elvirus

May 22nd, 2020 | Gardens and Gardening, General, Health, Politics, the world and Mother Nature

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?

Corona Virus Diary 8: Essential Services?

May 14th, 2020 | General, Health, Politics, Popular Culture

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

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...
Corona Virus Diary 4: Safely Stocking the Larder

Corona Virus Diary 4: Safely Stocking the Larder

April 17th, 2020 | business and finance, Cooking, Kitchen and Table, General, Health, Shopping, Society at Large

I have long disliked going to the grocery store. From the time I was twenty and in my first apartment I made a list based on a strict budget, went in, collected items, paid up and got out. My mother loathed going to the store with me. I was boring, she complained. I...
My Corona Virus Diary 1: Hitting Uncomfortably Close To Home

My Corona Virus Diary 1: Hitting Uncomfortably Close To Home

March 19th, 2020 | Family, Friends, General, Health

We watched the advance of novel Corona, COVID19, as it engulfed Wuhan, spread into other parts of China, appeared in Italy, made its way to onto cruise lines and breached the borders of the United States. We remember SARS, H1N1, MERS and Ebola. This was obviously...
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