There are so many people out there getting it done everyday in conditions that are brand new to all of us. I’ve seen a bunch of stuff floating around the internet that recognizes the efforts of doctors, nurses, law enforcement, fire fighters, and emergency services. And justifiably so. I agree with those sentiments 110 percent. …
Category: Sundry
Plenty of Time
Let’s start with some history. Between 429 and 426 BC, the Plague of Athens killed between 75,000 and 100,000 people in Greece. The cause(s) of the plague are unknown, but the general consensus is that people in those ancient times were dealing with something like typhoid fever, hemorrhagic fever, or typhus. Roughly 2,500 years later, …
Shout Out #1
There are so many people out there getting it done everyday in conditions that are brand new to all of us. I’ve seen a bunch of stuff floating around the internet that recognizes the efforts of doctors, nurses, law enforcement, fire fighters, and emergency services. And justifiably so. I agree with those sentiments 110 percent. …
Clearing My Mind I
I’m not going for anything cohesive today. Just whatever comes up. Hopefully it’s worth reading. Looking for silver linings today as the world continues to change. Maybe we come out the other side of all this with a dramatically changed understanding of how we were living. The unsustainability of it all. The need to plan …
Shocked and Disappointed
A common refrain I’m seeing on social media and hearing elsewhere is how shocked and disappointed people are by the people they thought they knew. Family. Friends. Neighbors. “They’re hoarding toilet paper? How stupid!” “She doesn’t need to buy that much food. I thought she was more considerate of others.” “He’s so young. Why is …