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Day 41

Day 41 – Total confirmed cases in US: 905,333 As we close in on one million confirmed cases in my country, it is worth pointing out that no other country has hit a quarter or a million cases yet. With about 4.25% of the world’s population, we have a third of the planet’s cases. TheContinue reading “Day 41”

Posted bymikepowernycApril 25, 2020Posted inart, writingTags:drawing, letter writing, plague diary, politics, sketchbookLeave a comment on Day 41

Day 14

Day 14 – Total confirmed cases in the US: 124,686 The street that I live on ends in a T. When you reach the end, you can turn left or right but you cannot continue in the direction you were traveling. It is a fact of life that the paths we take end, often withoutContinue reading “Day 14”

Posted bymikepowernycMarch 29, 2020March 29, 2020Posted inwritingTags:drawing, plague diary, sketch, sketchbook, writingLeave a comment on Day 14

Day 10

Day 10 – Total confirmed cases in the US: 55,225 Fiction, if not the last refuge of a scoundrel, is a list a brief refuge from the number at the top of the page that won’t stop climbing. Today’s distraction is flash fiction and a drawing: The breeze blew sweet in Turner Valley. Slow andContinue reading “Day 10”

Posted bymikepowernycMarch 25, 2020Posted inart, fiction, writingTags:drawing, fiction, flash fiction, plague diary, sketch, writingLeave a comment on Day 10

Day 9

Day 9 – Total confirmed cases in US: 46,485 Starting today, I am going to try to post some original work each day until we can shake hands in the sun and drink a toast in a crowded bar again. This is the last poem I wrote, inspired by an outing back in the pre-virusContinue reading “Day 9”

Posted bymikepowernycMarch 24, 2020March 24, 2020Posted inpoetry, writingTags:drawing, eyes, original poem, original poetry, plague diary, poem, poetryLeave a comment on Day 9

Music

Every instrument is another language You use the same notes to say the same things but it Sounds different in every tongue Every key is another love You touch the same places to show the same feelings But each smile it inspires is unique

Posted bymikepowernycFebruary 13, 2020Posted inart, poetry, writingTags:drawing, guitar, music, original poem, poem, poetryLeave a comment on Music

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