If you're coming to this site to get my "take" on the latest news, you're in the wrong place. I'm not following it…much.
I'm getting just enough to know if/when there are major developments, not enough to write about any of it. If I did, I'd suppose I'd be writing my usual essay on how the good thing about 24/7 news coverage is that it's always there when you need it and the bad thing about it is that it's still there, trying to fill all those hours, when you don't.
I'm just writing things and taking the occasional call from a friend who's going stir-crazy from five days of self-imposed isolation. I hate to think how the one I just got off the phone with will be if/when this stretches to five weeks or beyond. I'm not predicting it'll be that long — I'm not predicting anything except more maddening, self-obsessed utterances from our Chief Exec — but a lot of possibilities are possible. Not knowing when we might see a return to Normal Life — and what will not be there when we do — is one of the most uncomfortable aspects of this.
Would you like to see more content on this site that isn't about the pandemic? So would I. You can help by sending me questions for my ASKme posts. Here's the address: Ask ME. No politics, no personal replies…and tell me if you want me to leave your name out of it.