Month: March 2020

So much of our lives change overnight when pandemic strikes – from the small routines like stopping for coffee or going grocery shopping, to life events like weddings, funerals, and the upcoming Easter season.  Each night, local and national news is filled with statistics, updates on where the disease is hitting hardest, how people are coping, what new information is available that we should know.  I’m becoming overwhelmed. Continue reading “Adjusting, With Some Profiles in Courage”

The idea of keeping our distance from others really brings out the differences in our individual traits and personalities.  Nothing highlights the introverts and the extroverts more than a pandemic that requires us to isolate.  That’s why it is so difficult for some people to stay home, while for others it’s almost a welcome relief and a reason to continue their solitary lifestyles without looking, well, strange and reclusive.  My guess is that, during the Black Plague in the 14^th century, many nobles were anxious to get out and about, returning to normality with ambitious campaigns to pillage, and conquer, while others were quite content to pull up the drawbridge and wait for the whole pandemic thing to blow over. Continue reading “The Good and Bad of Social Distancing”

I recently blogged about Americans travelling to trouble spots in the world with only a passing thought that it might not be wise.  In that vein, I issue a follow-up that implies we as a people don’t always think things through before we do them, and in hindsight, perhaps we should be thinking . . . . . no. Continue reading “Don’t Go There II – Americans in Shutdown”

Several higher profile candidates have ended their quests for the White House in recent days, and weeks, ending much of the speculation about a crowded field and overlap.  For those that merely dabble in the political orbit, the new language is “suspending” rather than “dropping out”.  It’s virtually the same but sounds lighter and fluffier. In the interest of complete transparency, I ended my campaign quite some time ago, and my exploratory committee, in addition to my entire campaign apparatus is missing. (Should you see them someplace, please ask them to “phone home”.) Sadly, however, few of my followers noticed, and even fewer noted their despair at the void this would leave in the field.  (But thank you, Rebecca in Billings, Montana, for kind words of support.) Continue reading “Suspending My Campaign”