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by Mike Power

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  • Day 25

    Day 25 – Total confirmed cases in US: 432,438 Two things get clearer every day: our president is derelict in his duty, and we are never going back to the society we had at the beginning of last month. Five weeks ago today – March 5 – was the last normal day for me. It… Read more

  • Day 24

    Day 24 – Total confirmed cases in US: 399,929 “To believe in this living is just a hard way to go…” Here is just one of those confirmed cases. And one of the other number, the more horrific number: 83,471 deaths. He’s probably shaking God’s hand as you read this. Or maybe he’s kissing that… Read more

  • Day 23

    Day 23 – Total confirmed cases in US: 368,449 Things I saw and heard yesterday, Between the time the sun came up and went down: A couple wearing surgical masks pushing a toddler on a tricycle Ray Charles blasting through a moon roof Day drinking as an Olympic event Bugs and tow-trucks and a swinging… Read more

  • Day 22

    Day 22 – Total confirmed cases in US: 337,933 I didn’t know when I was a child That it was you I was in love with It didn’t have to be But it was I didn’t know where I would find The fairy in the forest The angel on Olympus Then there you were When… Read more

  • Day 21

    Day 21 – total confirmed cases in US: 312,249 The public square will always have its necessary function. And nothing can replace the human touch. But remote communication, for work and family, was already a growing part of society, especially with younger people, before the virus made that growth exponential. For older people, those who… Read more

  • Day 20

    Day 20 – Total confirmed cases in US: 278,458 It seems like a dream already: crowds of people barbequing at Orchard Beach or tossing Frisbees in Sheep’s Meadow. I miss the background rumble of human voices, gruff and sweet. I miss watching young people pushing the limits of their bodies with all the energy peculiar… Read more