Return to normal – is it true?Is it possible for me or you?Is it possible for the world or us?After the settling of the dust. The past is gone, not coming backThe only thing that’s writ in black Nothing can be truly the sameSo now we need a different name. We’ll get used to the […]
COVID-19
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Let’s talk about the COVID-19 anniversary. Yahrzeit is the Yiddish word for “a year’s time” and is used only in reference to the death of a human being, not a birthday, wedding or specific event. Each year, as with all Jewish events, a candle is lit the evening before the […]
Each time I think of this number It makes me even numb-er. The amount is beyond just vast And grows each day ever so fast! More deaths, it blows the human mind, Than WW I, II & ’Nam combined But like these vets, were linked to others: Family, friends, co-workers, […]
Reflections on I’ve Lost a Year with My Kids Battling Over Remote School and I’m Done by Christine Derengowski. This made me ponder, almost cry For all those kids who don’t know why. They are worried and they are frightenedCan’t tell Mommy; her load should be lightened. Through no choice […]
Dear Heartthrob, “Be still my heart!” That’s what young people say when they fall in lust. At our age, no one says, “Be still my heart.” I mean, really, it could happen! Suppose you say, “be still my heart” and the powers that be take that literally! I’d be a […]
Stuart’s daughter, Meredith, arrived at 5:30 in the morning to drive us to Johns Hopkins Hospital for his hip replacement surgery scheduled for 7:30. Because they would not allow me to enter the hospital due to COVID, coupled with my poor night vision (I mean really! 5:30?), we made these arrangements so I wouldn’t […]
Image: Annemarie Mountjoy I’ve lost my sense of taste and smell They can’t smell or taste It’s hard to breathe with a mask on They no longer breathe I didn’t celebrate my birthday They have no more birthdays I can’t get the vaccine The vaccine came too late I’m tired of […]
Will we come out of our COVID cocoon in the spring more beautiful people with our wings fluttering with exceptional colors? Will we be kinder, gentler? Will we have gained knowledge about ourselves? Each other? This time will we have learned from this experience? If it should happen again, will […]
PANDEMIC WORDS in the grocery storespoken by yours truly: Excuse me you’re getting a little too close.6 feet apart PLEASE. I’m trying to keep 6 feet apart.You are going the WRONG way.Please don’t come so close to me.Forgive me, I am SCARED! PANDEMIC WORDS definitely not spoken in the grocery store: […]