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#2 3_15_2020

3/15/2020 – Second Entry

Second Entry     Sunday, March 15th, 2020 The opportunity to observe a major crisis unfold is rare and captivating.Major crises are often sudden — hurricanes, earthquakes, explosions. Other crises are gradual; climate change has been unfolding for decades.  ...

3/19/2020 – Fourth Entry

Fourth Entry   (click photo to enlarge note)   Thursday, March 19th, 2020    A note from a friend and wise man from Wyoming:         Checking in.      Hope you’ve headed for the hills.        Fire drill for the apocalypse.      Hopefully some useful tips for...

3/21/2020 – Fifth Entry

Fifth Entry   Saturday, March 21st, 2020 Today was the second morning in a row I heard crows fly by my inner-city windows. I have long thought it would be good to speak, or at least understand “crow.” Early yesterday morning, I could hear foghorns. Am I noticing...

3/24/2020 – Seventh Entry

Seventh Entry     Tuesday, March 24th, 2020 Belgium has made it illegal to go outside, while Italy has outlawed outdoor activities including jogging and biking. Iran, which so far has been hit the hardest of the Middle Eastern countries, has turned down...

3/26/2020 – Ninth Entry

Ninth Entry     Thursday, March 26th, 2020 More than 1,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the US.3.3 million people filed for unemployment last week.Crime in LA is down 6% — is that because gun shops are open? Abortions, including by pill, have been...

3/27/2020 – Tenth Entry

Tenth Entry   Friday, March 27th, 2020 “Uniquely ill-equipped” – a term I heard on the radio this morning in reference to Black communities around the country. The NAACP explained that this condition is due to fundamental inequalities in our culture.   The $2...

3/28/2020 – Eleventh Entry

Eleventh Entry     Saturday, March 28th, 2020 This morning a radio voice said, “Our president’s flimflammery is colliding with empirical reality” a term and concept I am not used to hearing on the morning news. President Trump complained that President Obama had...

3/29/2020 – Twelfth Entry

Twelfth Entry   Sunday, March 29th, 2020 There it was, above the fold, as I walked past a lone newspaper near the front door of my building: the interior of what I call the Calatrava (the Oculus) – above the fold on the front page of the NY Times. Apparently I am...

3/30/2020 – Thirteenth Entry

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...

4/2/2020 – Sixteenth Entry

Sixteenth Entry   (click photo 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...

The Covid Entries began in late March 2020 as a subset of Delayering, the ongoing project which started shortly after 9/11/2001. The Covid Entries (CE) are short essays with general observations, impressions, bits of news and a snapshot from that day. Occasionally there is a short audio ‘ramble’. The Entries cover the quietest weeks in New York City from late March till early May.