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, …
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Care Package for Monday, March 16, 2020
The Care Package has evolved again, this time to throw a little bit of help into the chaos of our new, COVID-19-impacted world. It ain’t much, but hopefully it’ll help somebody. Hang tough, be kind, and take care of each other. Know that you are loved. Information: Rolling updates on coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Photo credit: …
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 …
Care Package for March 15, 2020
The Care Package has evolved again, this time to throw a little bit of help into the chaos of our new, COVID-19-impacted world. It ain’t much, but hopefully it’ll help somebody. Hang tough, be kind, and take care of each other. Know that you are loved. Information: Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): Managing Anxiety & Stress …
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 …