The start of spring has always held hope. Hope that the floods won’t be so bad. Hope that the babies born will live. Hope that sunny days will outnumber the cloudy rainy ones. But most of all… hope that winter will finally be over and life will once again sprout from the ground with new foods, and bring back the birds and plants that we need for the future. To…

Making jokes about this pandemic is in poor taste, but this one is irresistible. I’d say something about this virus, but you might not get it. 😀 Be well, be safe, and please, read a book and write a review.

Having a head cold is always interesting, but having it at the beginning of the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak is enlightening. People are so much better than you would think. Nobody backed away from me, nobody made the sign of the cross. I was not chased out of the public square by pitchfork wielding maniacs, nor did anyone act like I had the sign of some beast tattooed on my forehead.…