One of the books in my personal library that I’ve actually read is Getting Risk Right: Understanding the Science of Elusive Health Risks, by Geoffrey C. Kabbat. It wasn’t the book on risk that I needed at the time, but … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Covid-19
Are We Doing Covid Wrong?
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Did we get Covid wrong from the get-go? Did we get it right at the beginning, but now it’s wrong? What seems obvious to some is not so obvious to me. I don’t think we’ll know which approach to the … Continue reading
Pandemic Reflections #9
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The Road Trip I want to be done with these Pandemic Reflections, but here we are, late August 2021, and Covid is almost everywhere. We are in the midst of a road trip (we cancelled a flight to Kodiak and … Continue reading
Less Bad News of the Day
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There’s an App For That Are you hoping to get outta Dodge for a while? Canada, maybe? Our super polite neighbors have created a few obstacles, but good neighbors that they are, they’ve also created an App to help you … Continue reading
Contemplations #5
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Election Bummer Harumph. My first choice for city council is likely to place 3rd in a top-two primary. My first choice for mayor is way down the list. My first choice for school board is coming in a distant second, … Continue reading
Welcome, 2021! So Glad You’re Here.
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Making Streets Into Food Courts A week ago, December 27, 2020, we left our small town motel room to find a coffee shop. What we found was a mixture of delight and trouble. A block away, we turned onto a … Continue reading
Pandemic Reflections #4
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Juneteenth It just so happens that, white child that I was, I grew up knowing about Juneteenth. I didn’t know the whole story about it, but I knew that it was a special day for black people. My dad was … Continue reading
Pandemic Reflections #3
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So Glad That’s Over Remember back when we were worried about the pandemic? We thought we had to stay away from crowds, keep six feet apart, all that good stuff? I’m so glad that’s over. Crowds have been everywhere for … Continue reading
We Got Our Free Money!
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We got our free money. Now the question is what to do with it. Clearly, there are people who need it more than we do. We have pensions (remember that concept?), Social Security, and some savings. Six months ago, our … Continue reading
We Ventured Out
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Don’t do what we did. We tried to play it safe, but others didn’t. We haven’t been paying any attention to the calendar lately, because one day is the same as the next. But there’s a downside to being oblivious … Continue reading
Why I’m Terrified
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Surprise, it’s not the coronavirus that has me terrified. It’s the election. But you probably know that. The coronavirus is a huge inconvenience. I’m saddened by the deaths and mismanagement, I’m tired of it, and it’s not going away. I … Continue reading
Pandemic Reflections #2
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I have some upbeat items for today’s post, then back to the frets and worries. My Pandemic Wardrobe A fashionista I am not, so it’s just good fortune that I seem to have the perfect wardrobe for my pandemic experience. … Continue reading
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