04/05/2023
Nineteenth Entry Sunday, April 5th, 2020 I lie still, taking in this new day. Quiet. Not one passing car. No sounds of radiators, revelers, neighbors, contractors, car alarms, or crows. Not even a fly or a child in the playground. After a while, I hear my neighbor to...
04/04/2023
Eighteenth Entry Saturday, April 4th, 2020 The flowering trees have outdone themselves in the quiet of this year’s odd spring. Earlier tonight, locking my bike on Sullivan Street, I noticed the uppermost tapered part of the Empire State Building was red. I have seen...
04/03/2023
Seventeenth Entry click to enlarge Friday, April 3rd, 2020 Today, the Mayor said everyone should cover their faces in public. By afternoon, the President said everyone should use a mask. He stated that he did not think he would be “doing it.” It is the eve of...
04/02/2023
Sixteenth Entry click to enlarge Thursday, April 2nd, 2020 The morning news reported that hospitals updated their ethical guidelines to “maximize life.” I recently heard the word “lottery” referencing access to limited hospital equipment and related care, often the...
04/01/2023
Fifteenth Entry Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 This place has been radically changed—quickly and without any physical devastation. At about 12:30 AM, I rode more than 25 blocks south on Seventh Avenue. Only two vehicles passed me during the moderately paced trip, one car...
