Wouldn’t it be nice?

I had the strangest thought last night as I pondered the recent surge in Covid cases: Wouldn’t it be nice if one of the side-effects was that your nose turned red and glowed? This thing is a numbers game – every time you go out, you roll the dice and hope you aren’t unknowingly “bumping”…

Settling Dust- (focusing on the future.)

Looking back in judgement isn’t fair, so I rarely if ever dabble in woulda-coulda or shoulda. The last few months have been a dust storm; the way forward often obscured by the density and intensity of the rapidly developing crisis. Ventilators, shut-downs, sending sick people to nursing homes, wearing masks-not wearing masks..it all looks much…

Wing-it vegetarian dinner.

Dinnertime just seems to pop outta nowhere these days-  It’s like intellectually I know it’s coming, but I’m always somewhat strangely surprised when the moment actually arrives.  Reminds me of my kids’ loose teeth.. they’d be fussing with them for days, grossing their siblings out, yanking and pulling and suddenly it was in their hand…and…

We are all “reporters” now..

This is an important week where we live.  The beaches are “opening” and so are some local businesses and restaurants. Here’s what I hope: I hope that those who do venture out report back to those who aren’t ready to take that step yet. I hope that social media, (FB, Twitter, Instagram, Nextdoor etc) which…

The road back to normal..

Remember Sunday drives? Back in the day, before 24/7 cable TV, families would get into their cars on Sunday and go for drives..aimless drives.. just to look at life outside of the neighborhood. There were no stops to shop, or even to fill up the car, because everything (at least in Germany) was closed on…

Yeah, time to move on.

At first I thought they were wonderful..all of the heart-warming “we’re in this together” themed commercials. They remind me of those mushy Christmas advertisements except for ONE problem: Christmas (according to Dr. Fauci) ain’t coming this year, so these commercials technically have no “use by” date.. which means they could go on and on.. until…