Going out in public with or without a face diaper during government-imposed politically motivated lockdown can be a dangerous act. It feels like everyone out there is on prescription anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication, and the drugs are no longer effective. Everyone, whether compliant or not, is on high alert, on …
I turned 65 last fall. In September I got a persistent dry cough that I took with me on a Mediterranean cruise in Oct. On my return the persistent cough and congestion annoyed me enough that I saw my GP, who said it was viral and couldn’t be treated with …
A lesson from this lockdown, and from all state-sponsored and -enforced restrictions on free interaction and commerce between individuals: these are opportunities for crooks, charlatans and hackers to make big inroads into the lives of ordinary people. With government, lockdowns are just another chance to expand its power and control …
Covid19 has disrupted everything in life. Perhaps the only area in which I’m fortunate is I didn’t lose my job like millions of other Americans who were forced out of work by the lockdowns. I’ve been working from home for 6 weeks (that policy has been extended 4 times, the …
May 2 ~ I guess I should consider myself fortunate: 6 years ago I left the gig economy and took a fulltime job with a Fortune 1000 company that has now become — via merger — a Fortune 500 company, doing what I’ve done for the last 35+ years: write …
A daily ritual in place for years now is fetching the latest deliveries from the US post office and taking them to a receptacle set up in the garage. As I sift through them, a good percentage — 95% or higher — go directly into the trash: sales pitches I …
