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...
03/31/2023
Fourteenth Entry click 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 government? New...
03/30/2023
Thirteenth Entry Monday, March 30th, 2020 The BBC reported that things have changed “utterly” — another term I’ve never heard a news anchor use. The Netherlands and other European countries reported they received defective masks from China. France ordered one billion...
