Day 24. Two dozen days.

Day 24. Two dozen days.

It takes a strong person to go through this lockdown business. Count yourself among them – if you’re reading this, you must be still in possession of all your faculties, and capable of discerning quality entertainment for your quarantine downtime. Ahem....
Day 23. Here we are. We are here!

Day 23. Here we are. We are here!

Just some cheerful pics and reminiscing. The news is… too much for me today. It’s Tony’s birthday today! Send him love if you know him. If you knew him, you’d love him! Ping pong night with Ali and Shane and Dave and Shawn – November...
Day 21. Halved and doubled.

Day 21. Halved and doubled.

Been thinking… probably dangerous. But tell me, has there every been anything like this, where the whole world is on – to some degree – the same page? We are all doing the same thing – sheltering. We’re all uncertain, scared, threatened. All...
Day 20. The real one.

Day 20. The real one.

I went from sebenteen to Hey 19 and I just noticed. So here’s the real Day 20 and it won’t take long. It started at 6:00 p.m. Ramon dragged me from my den, saying it was Friday and I dang well ought to relax and watch a movie. Well, last night we watched one episode...
Day 20. Practically Normal.

Day 20. Practically Normal.

Of course it’s not. I’m trying to convince myself! A wonderful writer and blogger, Chuck Wendig, has always made me snort out loud and has upped his game for this insane time. He gets that normalcy is neither necessary nor sufficient as a response to this...
Hey 19. (I don’t like Steely Dan, but can’t resist  wordplay.)

Hey 19. (I don’t like Steely Dan, but can’t resist wordplay.)

Is this still happening? Apparently so – there are over 800,000 people known to have coronavirus, as reported by their national and state health departments. From that macro picture to the micro: I keep seeing strangers on Twitter recounting the deaths of their...