4/16 From an email I wrote to my block’s listservDear Neighbors: You can just bowl me down with a feather. My COVID-19 test came back today as negative and Kara and I were both amazed. Perhaps I imagined the 18 days of fever, chest tightness and stomach distress. There’s also the 30% false negative rate […]
Corona Diaries 7—Corona cowboy, pre and post-testing
4/14 I think the lovely RN who swizzled my nares inadvertently scraped a few IQ points away. She went up there so far I saw stars. I dunno out in economically disadvantaged West Philadelphia where I got tested, everyone and I mean everyone was wearing a mask. Back home, here in the toney Art Museum […]
Corona Diaries 6—He isn’t risen. Not quite yet.
4/12 Happy Easter dear friends and family who celebrate this the most important holiday in Christendom. Pushing two week of inactivity and isolation I’ve had some corona diaries dark days and am not quite risen myself yet, but I do feel slightly improved. Kara has been taking excellent care of me, trying to tempt my appetite in […]
Corona Diaries 5—Death vigils past and present
4/10 2:00 a.m. This early morning 11 years ago, Vicki and I were sitting vigil at our father’s hospice bedside. Our other brothers and sisters were making their own desperate journeys to be at Saul’s bedside. I don’t remember who spelled me in the morning. Maybe it was Mom, because I know she didn’t leave his […]
Corona Diaries 4—I hate to be critical but …
April 5 at 12:33 AM · Donald Trump is trying to build a campaign message around his image as a wartime president. But as a commander in chief, Cadet Bone Spurs is bringing up the rear. “I would leave it up to the governors,” Trump said Friday, when asked about his government’s sclerotic, chaotic, response. Trouble […]
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