The sun was shining through the blinds and shades in the bedroom. It had been beautiful yesterday. Today promised to be another bright, sunny day. I opened the window. The softness of the air confirmed it. Usually, I go back… Read More ›
Health
FLASHBACK FRIDAY FROM 4/2/2020 – WHY COVID 19 IS AN HISTORIC TURNING POINT
A major sea change: why COVID-19 is a turning point in history. So, it is the end of March 2020, and many of us are sequestered in our homes, trying not to get the virus that’s now sweeping the globe… Read More ›
HEADING OUT FOR VACCINE PART TWO
I think I’ll probably be off for the rest of the day. Hopefully, back up tomorrow. Maybe this injection will leave me fine. If not, I’ll take a couple of days leave and rest a bit. At least COVID-19 will… Read More ›
PLAGUES AND PANDEMICS
Plagues are not always pandemics. For a plague to become a pandemic, it has to have spread so widely that no location is spared. A pandemic is a plague (or epidemic) that has run out of control. Back in those… Read More ›
NATIONAL CALENDAR: NATIONAL WEED APPRECIATION DAY
NATIONAL WEED APPRECIATION DAY National Weed Appreciation Day on March 28th each year reminds us that some weeds are beneficial to us and our ecosystem. Humans have used weeds for food and as herbs for much of recorded history. Some are… Read More ›
ON THIS DAY LAST YEAR
HOW OFTEN DO PLAGUES HIT OUR WORLD? It’s amazing to realize when I wrote this last year, we were a mere two weeks into the pandemic. We are still in the same pandemic having gone through surges, retreats, vaccination, resistance… Read More ›
YOU VACCINATED YET?
Vaccinated yet? – Fandango’s Provocative Question #113 Before I get into answering your question, I don’t know if it has hit you yet, but the classic version is G-O-N-E. It was there last night and today, when I went to write… Read More ›
COVID’S TRICKY AND TREACHEROUS
I feel safer having gotten at least the first half of my vaccination and even better that Garry has gotten both shots. So why — and everyone wants the answer to this — should we still need masks? Double masks… Read More ›
VACCINATIONS: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE WEIRD
Now that Garry has completed both of his vaccinations and I’ve had my first, I can look back over the past couple of months of frenzy as we fought to get our shots and wonder at the wonderful people who… Read More ›
SHARING MY WORLD: OUCH!
Is every piece of truth worth telling? (Credit to the magnificent Cyranny for this one) This is one of those things that annoys me when I see it as part of a story plot. Goofus (male/female) has an affair. It is brief… Read More ›
ANTI-VAXXERS KEEP YOUR DISTANCE
I wanted to publish this exchange because it’s a good example of why I dislike anti-vaxxers. They have beliefs based on out-of-context data and a lack of scientific and factual testing. Their “opinions” don’t merely endanger them, their family and… Read More ›
GARRY IS VACCINATED AND I’M NEXT!
Today we drove 54 miles each way to Dartmouth High School. It was raining hard for most of the trip. As we approached Providence (Rhode Island)(before re-entering Massachusetts), traffic got very heavy which made no sense at all. I mean… Read More ›
