Entries by dickbernard

COVID-19 Facing the Future

There are several previous posts on the COVID Crisis: March 6, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19.  I will add material as it comes in, and tend to avoid the kind of material that is covered by television and newspaper news, as it is redundant.  Your news is solicited.   Friend Molly periodically sends around some […]

COVID-19 Lockdown, continued

There are several comments at the originating post, yesterday.  In addition (this will be continued): Long-time friend Peter, ‘out east’, is a gifted writer, and passed along a recent blog of his. You can read it here. This mornings Just Above Sunset nailed it, as usual: Present at the Apocalypse. John, 41 years a Californian, […]

COVID-19 The First Day of “Lockdown”

Previous posts on this topic at March 6, 13, 15, 17.  I plan other posts in the future, perhaps even tomorrow, on this topic.  [check archive for March, 2020).  Your writings are solicited.  Permission to share will be presumed, unless you say otherwise.  See comments at end of this, and all, posts. COVID-19 was first […]

St. Patrick’s Day

NOTE: COVID-19 related Mar 6, 13, 15 and later Today is St. Patrick’s Day.  Take your pick of a thousand descriptions of the history and tradition of St. Patrick and the Day, and think about some good memories. This is a different time than any I can remember, and everyone, everywhere, knows of what I […]

COVID-19: Speaking Personally

Sunday, March 15, 2020, 8:20 a.m. CDT.  I decided to continue the conversation of March 6 and March 13 at this space.  March 17 also applies.  This will simply be personal comments as this crisis evolves.  Check back every now and then if you are interested. General information on COVID-19  here.  My hope is to […]

COVID-19 “…Fear itself….”

POSTNOTE: I began doing continuing updates on my own feelings about the Coronavirus here (Mar. 6), updated frequently.  Your comments are welcome as well. March 15, I begin a new post on this topic, titled “COVID19: Speaking personally“, on this same topic, also March 17 and continuing. * Yesterday, I was talking with my friend, Padre Johnson, […]

Caste/Voting/Census

POSTNOTE 2, March 11:  A highly pertinent column related to yesterdays Presidential Primary contests and the fiscal crisis and the coronavirus can be read here, “About That Revolution”.  The “ball” is in every single one of our “courts”. POSTNOTE: This post is intended to hopefully help start a conversation.  Also, note continuing updates on Coronavirus […]

COVID-19 Coronavirus

March 6, 2020: Today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune devoted most of the front and last page of the news section to COVID-19.  At the same time, there do not seem to be any confirmed cases in Minnesota, though the Thursday paper headlined “2 MSP fliers in self-quarantine” who “had been in close contact with infected person […]

Tone

Tone, defined, for the purpose of this blogpost: “Noun, 2. the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.” Tomorrow (Tues, March 3) is the Minnesota Primary Election.  There are 16 Democrats on the DFL ballot; there is one candidate on the Republican ballot.  Two other parties have chosen not to participate […]

Primary Election

Tuesday is the Minnesota Primary Election.  Lots of interesting information, including candidates, here. You will note that the DFL (Democrat) ballot includes 15 names; the Republican only one, even though at the time of filing there were at least two other national Republican who expressed an interest in challenging the incumbent. Today’s Minneapolis Star Tribune, on […]