In days gone by there was a thing called magic that was not a joke. There was nothing of illusion about it. It was, for a long time, the most powerful force that any of us knew. It did not go away so much as hid its face behind a series of masks that weContinue reading “Magic”
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Day 54
Day 54 – Total confirmed cases in US: 1,256,972 For my penultimate plague diary, I wrote a diatribe about Trump, his supporters, and the Republican Party, but decided against posting that. And I’ll tell you why… I have been intermittently studying the philosophies of Stoicism and Taoism. They have quite an overlap for schools ofContinue reading “Day 54”
Day 53
Day 53 – Total confirmed cases in US: 1,228,609 For the last couple of months, a boat has been docked in the Harlem River, near my home. It goes out sometimes but always comes back. Yesterday I walked over the Henry Hudson Bridge and did a quick sketch of it from the other side ofContinue reading “Day 53”
Day 42
Day 42 – Total confirmed cases in US: 939,249 There is something ominous about monotony, like waiting for something new and different to come is mixed with fear that the new thing is going to be even worse than the old one. They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing overContinue reading “Day 42”
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”
