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...
Fourteenth Entry (click photo to enlarge) Tuesday, March 31st, 2020 The virus is spreading to more vulnerable places than NYC, and suddenly everyone is expecting and demanding government action. What happened to the great hatred and distrust of the...
Forty-fifth Entry (click for next frame) Friday, May 1st, 2020 At 8:30 AM, I overheard my neighbor, a twenty-something Republican (I assume) talking to his parents on the phone. I have heard one side of these conversations on many mornings since the quiet of...
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...
Twenty-eighth Entry Tuesday, April 14th, 2020 Morning news reports say that you can get Covid-19 a second time. Eye contact has continued at the old “normal” level – it is again possible to find a momentary connection with a stranger. Twenty-two thousand...
Twenty-fourth Entry Late Rent, Apt. 5A Friday, April 10th, 2020 Awake, I lay still, taking in the quiet, again. After a while I wonder if it has ever been this quiet here on the southern part of this island. It seems unlikely 50, 100, or even 150 years...
