More Virus Issues

Several thoughts spring to mind concerning the coronavirus phenom:

1.      What effect on primary voting was experienced? Did voters turn out? If so, or not, what effect did this have on the results?

2.      What bad habits did we spot and eliminate from our lives?

3.      What good habits did we discover and adopt for our lives?

4.      Are we changing lifestyles to healthier ones? Are we happier and more rooted in the relationships that truly matter in our lives?

5.      Is the work we do for a living meeting our needs? This is a vision thing for our individual futures. What is important to us and does our employment integrate well with it? If not, what career changes need we make?

6.      Why should the government bail out the airline industry? They overcharge, cram their planes with too many people, have dirty air circulated for all to breathe during the flight. Why not just allow airlines to not pay their debt payments for 3 or 6 months without any penalty? No interest, no principle payments. The banks and loan guarantors would feel pinched for a short time rather than become the new owners of useless planes.

7.      Some congressmen think a $1000 one-time check to each person would help the country get over the negative effects of the coronavirus. Why do they think this is a good idea? Tell me exactly how this would help the nation and its people. Living costs are much more than $1000 per month; lost income will be much more than $1000.

8.      Quick trip to the grocery store for one can of coffee. Panic buying evidence everywhere; spooky empty shelves and stock ravaged and spotty. Eerie to the core. I thought our nation was educated and smart. I now have many doubts about that.

As I gaze out my home office window, the train station traffic is light and the parking lot barely used. street traffic is very light. The commuter trains are running but with what ridership? Schools are closed and kids are not on the sidewalks. Nor are school buses evident. Quiet has taken residency in our downtown suburban neighborhood.


Later today, we are likely to take a ride in the country. The gas tank is full. Our cupboards are fairly well stocked, so too the freezer. The only thing dwindling are adequate cleaning supplies. Or just let it be.


Meanwhile I’m writing blogs, keeping up with emails with family, friends and SCORE clients, keeping the apartment clean and tidy. Tossing junk is on the agenda. So too, naps. Such a good thing, naps.


Don’t scoff at these small rewards of life. One day you will treasure them. Maybe today?


March 18, 2020