Thirty-ninth Entry Saturday, April 25th, 2020 “I hate being alone” –– caught my attention. A woman was speaking to her grandson on the radio, probably about connecting remotely. Are people born with a distaste for being alone, or do such tendencies develop?...
Fortieth Entry Sunday, April 26th, 2020 The Hubble Space Telescope has been in orbit for 30 years.The price of gas across the US last week averaged $1.93. Adjusted for inflation, that is about 35¢ per gallon cheaper than the $1.15 pump price when the...
Forty-third Entry Wednesday, April 29th, 2020 Last night I walked home. Walking is almost always refreshing, and it was delightful to have the sidewalks all to myself. I wanted to experience nighttime activity on a west-side avenue with traffic...
Fifteenth Entry (click photo to enlarge) Wednesday, April 1st, 2020 Toilet paper is still in super high demand; some stores are limiting purchases to one roll per customer. Morning sitting is quiet. What does it take to change a place? Everyone knows how...
Forty-fourth Entry Thursday, April 30th, 2020 I try to honor the newly dead as I pass the mobile morgue in Greenwich Village. My honoring is diminutive, simply lowering my head and holding attention for a moment four or five nights each week. Tonight as I rode...
Forty-second Entry Tuesday, April 28th, 2020 Today, most of the news is about “reopening.” The President says, “Testing is not going to be a problem.” An Obama-era medical advisor projected that things would return to “normal” in Fall 2021. New York...
