Day 29 – Total confirmed cases in US: 557,590 Those kind of numbers can drive a man to drink. Or away from it, depending on his usual state. Seven years ago I had a sobering experience that was called to my mind by recent events. Not that they have anything in common, other than theirContinue reading “Day 29”
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Day 26
Day 26 – Total confirmed cases in US: 466,299 Uncertainty becomes a way of life too as the things we know become unknown and questions go unanswered The truth can also change like weather and memory lose its focus when every day is like the day before Routine unravels too until in time uncertainty becomesContinue reading “Day 26”
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 swingingContinue reading “Day 23”
Day 18
Day 18 – Total confirmed cases in US:216,722 April is not just the cruelest month – as evidenced by the sickening spiral of the number at the top of this page – it is also National Poetry Month in the US. At times like this, we hope that poetry can help heal the anguish thatContinue reading “Day 18”
Day 13
Day 13 – Total confirmed cases in US: 104,865 Like Jay-Z, I woke up at 4:44 the other night to ghosts that didn’t have the decency to die. You might think that’s the only thing me and Jay-Z have in common, but it’s not. We’re both American men, born in the 1960s, who write songsContinue reading “Day 13”
