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”
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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 peculiarContinue reading “Day 20”
Day 19
Day 19 – Total confirmed cases in US: 245,601 “We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” Albert Einstein The reckoning is here. Dylan’s hard rain is pelting the fuck out of us. What we could have done to stop it doesn’t matter now. It will again at someContinue reading “Day 19”
Day 17
Day 17 – Total confirmed cases in US: 189,633 The nightmare we wake up to this April Fool’s Day is no joke. If it were, the joke would be on us. An ordinary imbecile is at least aware of his own stupidity, but our president is no ordinary imbecile. As he does on every subject,Continue reading “Day 17”
Day 16
Day 16 – Total confirmed cases in US: 164,719 I know I’m not the only one who finds it hard to read a book these days. It’s hard to concentrate on literature, even though the distraction of getting lost in an imaginary world sounds incredibly sweet right now. Someone I know suggested reading poetry asContinue reading “Day 16”
