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Covid Travels
When the 2020 COVID winter\’s short days and cold nights sucked away at our souls until we started ripping into each other, we knew it was time to go. But where? Good question. Anywhere that wasn\’t here and was COVID free. But that doesn\’t exist. We agreed on a socially distant, health responsible …
Surviving the year of rage
Some say 2020 is the year of disasters. Others say it\’s the year of change. To me, 2020 is the year of rage. In 2020, rage overtook the world, consuming us and hurling the leftovers against each other. The right is angry with the left. The social distancers are angry with the beach-goers. The mask …
How Your Mask Is Just Like Your Undies. And how it\’s not.
Both masks and underwear exist to contain badness. Neither works 100%, but they\’ll curb the worst of the spill. Don\’t borrow someone else’s, no matter how cool they look. Keep them on around strangers, unless you’ve both been tested. Cotton breathes better than polyester. If they don\’t fit well, you\’ll be chaffing. Wear them …
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The bloody mask
My honeymoon with Thailand ended yesterday. We live in a condo in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Signs on every door warn: No Mask, No Entry. Most people comply. Some don\’t. I ignore them unless they try to join me in the elevator. If they do, I wave them away. \”Not without a mask, please.\” Yesterday, …
I called her #1.
I called her #1. She called me #3. Like seasons inhabiting the same garden, #1 and I married the same husband at different times. She was his spring, blooming with hope. I\’m his fall, as we ripen into winter. He\’s no longer the man she married fifty years ago. Life smoothed his corners and softened …
Thailand\’s approach to Corona
This is the Thai\’s government daily Covid update for May 20 2020 (2563 in Thai, since not only are they forward thinkers but they use the Buddhist calendar.) Loose translation: On May 20, 2020, for a total population of almost 70 million people, Thailand had 3034 confirmed cases (+1 since the day before), 2888 recovered …
Coviding in Thailand.
You asked how we were. We were good. The Chinese tourists headed home, traffic abated, pollution dwindled and the crowds died down, to the point that one could scratch in the elevator. Then the smoke started. Fires along the hills started by locals to clear the forests for the wild mushrooms Chinese treasure. The air …
An Idiot\’s Guide to Corona. The virus.
1. Take it easy. The worst part of all this is the fear. More people die from the flu, car accidents, or guns. As of Saturday, March 7th, 19 Americans had died from Covid19, compared to 1177 every week from the flu, 746 from car crashes, and 294 from gunshots. 2. Wash your hands like …