04/20/2023
Thirty-fourth Entry Monday, April 20th, 2020 In bed, I enjoyed the now normal quiet. After a while, a car horn honked, then another—not loud or annoying, just a change. The ginkgo leaves outside my windows grow noticeably larger every few days, paralleling the return...
04/19/2023
Thirty-third Entry Sunday, April 19th, 2020 The first quarter of this year presented very high temperatures. January was the warmest in many decades, nearly 6.5 degrees warmer than the average. February and March were also significantly warmer than normal. The Gulf of...
04/18/2023
Thirty-second Entryclick for refection Saturday, April 18th, 2020 Light rain.On a late morning run, I noticed more storefronts have been papered over from inside. I poked around online looking for reports of looting. I found nothing other than an $800,000 heist at...
04/17/2023
Thirty-first Entry Friday, April 17th, 2020 The beginning and end of each day is when the oddness, the sublime stillness of this time, is most distinct. Last night, I went home after midnight. Dressed for the cold, I opened my loading door, backed my bike out onto...
04/16/2023
Thirtieth Entry Thursday, April 16th, 2020 The quiet of the morning remains delicious.Twenty-two million people have lost their jobs in the last four weeks in the US—a more rapid loss of jobs than during the Great Depression. Yesterday, the first $1,200 stimulus...
