Random Pandemic Realizations
Germophobes are vindicated. Inside my head can be a scary place. I’m sick of the “peeing section in the pool” metaphor. Essential and dispensable should not be synonymous. My belief that everything...
View ArticleShuttered Albuquerque
New Mexico’s governor announced new reopening guidelines on Wednesday, May 13. As of Saturday, May 16, retail shops and some other gathering places, such as churches, may reopen with limited capacity...
View ArticleStories of Family in the Time of Covid-19 – Part 1
Like most everyone now, I can see the effects of the Covid-19 crisis playing out in different ways for different family members depending on their circumstances. I hear stories of how various people...
View ArticleStories of Family in the Time of Covid-19 – Part 2
My nephew Eric is 48 years old, a husband, father, and grandfather. He and his close-knit extended family live in Peru, Indiana. He is the son of my late beloved brother, John. Eric is a fine...
View ArticleStories of Family in the Time of Covid-19 – Part 3: Reopening (a little bit)
We in New Mexico are in Phase 1 of our Reopening. It’s hard to keep up with the details, but it includes wearing masks in public, non-essential retail stores are open with restrictions – social...
View ArticleMarauding – Oasis in the Desert
This week on Wednesday, armed with our cameras, the Mid-Week Marauders visited Shady Lakes . The Enchanted Lens Camera Club, of which I am a member, sponsors these outings on Wednesdays every week or...
View ArticleMusings in a Difficult Time
OUR COUNTRY IS SO F**KED! Excuse my language, but I had to get it out. For the past week or two, I’ve been avoiding Facebook because the news and commentary I see there gets me so stressed and fuels...
View ArticleJust Another Wandering Wednesday
Yesterday was a Mid-Week Marauders outing. These once or twice monthly photography expeditions sponsored by the Enchanted Lens Camera Club are helping keep me sane in these crazy times and forcing me...
View ArticlePost (almost)-Pandemic Musings
Wow! It’s been almost a year since I last posted. Perhaps I need to embrace this flaw in my creative personality that is becoming more and more obvious to me as I age and contemplate. But that’s a...
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