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Cognitive Dissonance
About midway through the national lockdown, I saw an article saying “prepare for the gas lighting.” Soon, the article said, we’d start hearing minimizing of Covid-19, being told we are overly concerned and overreacting and that really it is no … Continue reading
4th of July In a Pandemic
I was in the water when it happened. I’d been watching the group of Black people at the beach because it’s unusual—this is a very white space. I was determined that before we left I’d walk over and tell them … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, St. Joseph, Uncategorized
Tagged 4th of July, Avon, COVID-19, drowning, lake, Stearns County
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Visiting Robby
I said to a friend on Wednesday that I expected him to have a deep voice and a Southern accent, because in his letters he sometimes uses the word “y’all.” Robby was born in Baltimore but raised in rural Maryland … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, politics
Tagged COVID-19, death penalty, death row, death row pen pal
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The Strange World of Food
Here we are in the pandemic, confronted with the first view of a post-apocalyptic world. And it has partially hyped up and deeply affected our relationship to food. Way back in 2012 I wrote a blog post about how apocalyptic … Continue reading
Posted in COVID-19, food, garden
Tagged cooking from the garden, COVID-19, food supply, growing food, organic gardening, restaurants
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Meanwhile, back on the farm…
Cornish Cross Broilers are an abomination. Seriously. They are disgusting beyond compare. Yes, those day-old chicks were adorable, but their true nature as genetically engineered eating machines has now been revealed, and let’s just say, no tears will be shed … Continue reading
Mercy and Comfort, and Hope
Images of the USNS Comfort and the USNS Mercy hospital ships arriving in New York City and San Diego filled me with pride and hope. Even though these two ships will be used not for Covid-19 cases but for all … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged cancer treatment, COVID-19, New York City, pandemic, USNS Comfort
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Animals in Quarantine
I’m embarrassed about this post. But nature around me so often reflects the reality of my larger human experience, I just must share. Like contemplating weeds in relationship to trying to eradicate cancer, or its opposite, fertility and health and … Continue reading
Vigor
Monday was a lovely day. It got up to 47 degrees where I live, and no wind, after three days of cold, raw, windy weather. I went for a walk, and seeing that the park where I usually walk a … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged COVID-19, football, prairie landscape, self-isolating, self-quarantine
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Advice for Self-Isolating
With the US in an ever-expanding state of quarantine, I’m interested to see how people are setting up, settling in, and handling being at home for long periods of time. And I have to tell you, as someone who has … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, COVID-19
Tagged COVID-19, pandemic, plans, self-isolating, self-quarantine
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