Waiting for Access As access to the COVID vaccine becomes a possibility, and more and more friends report that they have received theirs, nervous hope flickers. We signed up with two hospitals and the county health department — leaving the timing up to the Lord....
Given the uncertainties of these times, we need to come up with better questions to ask each other. How are you doing? This standard greeting can take a person to depths they don't want to go. We all know how we are doing . . . Fine, just F.I.N.E.! Instead of asking,...
Like 9/11, January 6, 2021 was a day I never imagined seeing. To see American insurrectionists storm the United States Capitol under the pretext of “protesting” was a bewildering as seeing jets fly into the Twin Towers. But to hear other Americans excuse or defend...
Here’s the first painting of 2021: I call it, Appraising the Times Ahead. The cat is 2021; confined to my fishbowl, I warily wonder what the future holds. Why am I Worried? The storm COVID has moved closer, striking several of my friends, just as the New Year...
Virtual Learning and the Lessons I learned in 2020: Two recurring lessons from 2020 will carry over into 2021: Learn to live with disappointment – gratefully You have a lot left to learn, princess! The trick has been to stay teachable, because I am seasoned citizen....
This year we gave each other bird feeders, complementing the one our daughter gave Doug last year; last year: remember that? Me, either. That single feeder, located outside the dining room window brought so much diversion and pleasure we figured let’s multiply it! But...
As 2020 ends, we received a gift. We have a vaccine; it’s a wonderful achievement; a hopeful weapon in suppressing the deadly virus. But this disease isn’t yet corralled, as 2020 ends. So, I won’t be laying down my paintbrushes any time soon; nor, will I be closing my...
I am grateful and worried. I am grateful that the death rate from COVID is falling. But, the virus is roaring around our country -- no, THE WORLD – like wildfires, hurricanes, and murder hornets. (See the Johns Hopkins U numbers.) So, I remain worried. In the past...
Two Deadly Viruses The resurgence of COVID-19 cases is . . . daunting. So, too, a new tidal wave of Potomac Fever is stunning. Is anybody really surprised? In some ways, I feel like I am in the middle of a recurring nightmare that puts me in a panic. The dream I...
Déjà vu all over again. As I began a new novel, A Gentleman in Moscow, (and a painting), I felt like I was in a flashback. In the novel the main character, Count Alexander Rostovis, has been sentenced to live out the rest of his life on "house arrest" in the Metropol...
Monday looks like another blockbuster of great day . . . just looking outside. Plus, I picked up new glasses: ones to compensate for the blurriness that “ripening” cataracts are generating. Maybe it’s me, but as “new” as these specs appear, they remind me of the...
The 2020 Presidential election --- which began in 2017 – drags on: Forty-eight hours and counting. it’s been unsettling, waiting. But, here's what I told my self in 2016: Mr. Trump stunned many; nevertheless, the sun is still rising, and the moon showed off,...
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