My dystopian future
Thursday May 28 2020 Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the Memorial Day tornadoes that tore through the Dayton area. We got lucky and we know it. When we looked at the maps developed after the damage, our house was between two twisters that split off on either side of us. Our neighbor claims to … Continue reading 35. Wind and Fire
Wednesday May 27 2020 We’ve now surpassed 100,000 COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Today’s milestone. If Murder Hornets aren’t enough to have a guest role in your nightmares, then we’ve got something else in social media that will take away the purest of our joys. Videos are being shared, I think it’s a Tik … Continue reading 34. Tikking time bomb
Tuesday May 26 2020 Overslept this morning and woke up with a migraine. This, after a series of very weird and vivid dreams. Not been a good day. Still headachy tonight, but pulled together a decent dinner for the two of us. It’s not even 7:30 and I’m already thinking about going to bed. I … Continue reading 33. Blurred
Monday May 25 2020 Following the overture of the rock opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Judas opens the story with the line “I remember when this whole thing began …” Which has nothing to do with anything right now, really. Except for the ear worm that will be my companion all morning now. But I was … Continue reading 32. Learning new math
Sunday May 24 2020 According to the chief creative officer of The New York Times, it’s been at least forty years since the newspaper’s front page didn’t have any images or photos. So, today’s front page is remarkable with displaying only text; a listing one thousand names of people chosen to represent the loss of … Continue reading 31. Personifying a number
Wednesday May 20 2020 Last Friday, I decided to make a trip to our local meat shop to check out how worried we need to be about the rumored meat shortage. I’ve rarely made a trip to Landes over the years; they’re less than ten minutes away, but I could never get into the groove … Continue reading 30. Hunt & gather
Tuesday May 19 2020 So, it’s raining. And it won’t stop. Flash flood warnings topped off by a tornado watch. We just need frogs falling from the sky as the Seventh Sign. Which I mentioned to my book publisher boss and his response was “don’t the murder hornets count?” I encountered two traffic accidents on … Continue reading 29. Looking for the seventh sign
Sunday May 17 2020 Accidentally hit Airplane Mode instead of PrintScreen to get that icon on today’s chart. Closest I’m gonna get to air travel for a few months. Now that we’re engaged in Governor DeWine's Responsible RestartOhio, I wonder how helpful this chart is. A better visual for this period would be a line … Continue reading 28. Veggie Squeezing
Monday May 11 2020 Right, so what did I do for Mother’s Day? Two loads of laundry and dinner. Got a Wendy’s lunch, so didn’t have to prepare that meal. These are weird times, y’all. A recent posting on FB went on about a time when 3,000 U.S. citizens died and we all cried for … Continue reading 27. Living history
Mother’s Day 2020 and another holiday of hardcore choices. We’re all starting to breathe a little easier with the relaxed social distancing guidelines, which makes the threat of disease transmission feel less likely. Which, of course, is not true at all. We’ve merely flattened the curve, as they say, so that when we do get sick, there will probably be a hospital bed available.
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