My month in the land of COVID-19, here. * For many years I’ve done family history, and just a few days ago came across an old newspaper clipping. A photo of it is below. The pdf is here: Ben Vosberg (click to enlarge). Ben Vosberg was a relative, probably my great grandmothers brother. As is typical, […]
POSTNOTE April 8: Today is Passover, Sunday is Easter, April 19 is Orthodox Easter. Spring began March 19. Whatever your tradition to recognize this season, this year is certainly without precedent in our era. I saw a sign on my walking route this morning which speaks eloquently to all who see it. The true […]
Ed. Note: April 7 is World Health Day. A wealth of general information is here. Scroll down to the box relating to World Health Day; there are regional pages as well. Take time to look around. Chuck Woolery, from Maryland, and long an activist, sent observations on the Covid-19 pandemic, and I asked permission […]
My friend Suhail died in Pakistan a few days ago. He was only 41, consequence of brain cancer. We only worked together for a couple of months, and there is nothing I can add to what his fellow Pakistani, Ehtasham, wrote as an obituary a short while ago. My life was immensely enriched knowing these […]
“We all do better when we all do better.” Paul Wellstone, 1999 Just back from my two miles in the woods. Today’s “census”: I met seven people and eight dogs (one couple had five dogs on a leash). These were ‘nod and keep walking encounters’. Two were couples; two walkers were deep into their ear […]
PRENOTE: Have you filed your 2020 Census Data? The website is here. A mailer should have been received at your address earlier in March. It is very easy to complete, and very important. * Today was to be my annual tax appointment. It was cancelled due to the Minnesota lockdown. I submitted the paperwork on […]
PRE-NOTE March 30: This is the 8th blog on COVID-19 in March, 2020. Yesterday was the 11th birthday of this blog, and this is the 1,540th – 140 a year. I plan to continue. Chances are I’ll be at this address. Easiest access to past items is to go to the archives box at right […]
NOTE: This is 10th in a series on Coronavirus, all in March 2020. For the others, go to Archive, for March, 2020. Check back for later commentaries on this and other topics. Thursday’s Minneapolis Star Tribune had this front page graphic under a banner headline “Stay at Home”. (I don’t feel guilty stealing the illustrations […]
Today’s paper brought a most welcome article on the front page of the Variety Section. The photo begins the story; the text follows: The accompanying article by Jenna Ross can be read here. A recording of the evening program can be heard here. This is an absolutely remarkable gift to everyone during this intense time […]
POSTNOTE March 25, 2020: There are a goodly number of contributions from readers to this post. You may wish to ‘walk through’ to the end – messages of serenity and hope, including the comments following the comments within the post itself. NOTE TO READERS: This is one in a continuing series of personal reflections on […]