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Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 7 Lockdown

April 2, 2020: Lockdown Day 7

Worldwide: 950,713 confirmed CoVid-19 cases; 48,313 deaths; 202, 826 recovered!!! Spain deaths surpass 10,000; Russia reports record spike in cases

If you think you dont need to wear a mask; if you think you need to go out. That CoVid-19 is no big deal, read this email I just received from a student (in response to my note wondering why I hadnt heard back from her):

A sad event has transpired. Last week my father was hospitalized due to COVID 19 symptoms and after...

Poetry Challenge #133-April Fools

APRIL FOOLS! Poetry Challenge #133 Dear April Fools Because its what one does on April Fools day, lets be epistolary pranksters!  An epistolary poem, also called a verse letter, is simply a poem in the form of an epistle or letter. Think up a prank to play on some good sport in the form of a letter. Epistolary poems can take any form, from couplets to lists, rhyming and free verse. So take a few moments to push some poetic elements and/or impose a form on your prank. If youre feeling...

Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 6 LOCKDOWN

April 1st : Lockdown-Day 6

Countries, Indonesia included, Threaten Jail for April Fools Jokes about Corona Virus

I considered beginning this post with a fake news flash that CoVid was gone. Sick-sick-sick April Fools joke. I know. In my head I hear Lexi saying Inappropriate, Mother. She calls me Inappropriate often enough that its a stored recording. Ive been head talking again. I woke this morning jabbering away to the universe. I havent done that in no clue how long. Or maybe I have,...

Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 5 Lockdown

March 31: Lockdown-Day 5

USA: 163,575 confirmed CoVid-19 cases; 3,073 dead (at least 1,218 of those in NY).

Sunset Cruising C&C

Yes, Tina, we do need another heromany of them. I am humbled by and grateful to/for all the heroeseveryone getting up, scrubbing up and doing those essential jobs --healthcare workers, first responders on the front line fighting the visible killer.

And the less-lauded oft-abused clerks, janitors, delivery folkworkers keeping us and things running so we can...

Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 4 Lockdown

USA: CoVid-19 number has doubled in 3 days; at least 136,880 infected; 2,414 have died965 of those in New York

Italy: 97,689 cases (3906 severe); 10, 779 dead; 13,030 recovered.

China: Who knows? Officials arent reporting asymptomatic positive results.

South Africa: 1,280 confirmed positive for CoVid; 2 deaths; 31 recovered.

So, so so impressed with the US Embassy in South Africa! Twice daily they send reassuring email updates telling us they are working on repatriating. I sent a private email in...

Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 3 Lockdown

March 29, 2020Lockdown Day 3

USA: 103, 321 confirmed cases; 1,668 deaths

Italy: 86 498 confirmed cases (finally numbers are decreasing); 9,136 deaths

It amazes me how some creatives spurt out brilliant, funny, clever responses in crisis. When the chips are down the funny get funnier, the clever get cleverer.

I am definitely not in that category. Friends Im hearing from have set up offices and figured out how to work from homeand tackle lists of Honey Dos. (Charles has washed both cars,...

Life in the Time of CoVid-Day 2 Lockdown

Saturday, March 28th: Day 2 of Lockdown

The sun is shining, birds chirp, and the small garden outside our window awaits. Last night, after a long day and night spent sittingmostly reading through Corona Virus news and updating family and friends, my rump was so sore, I felt as though Id been paddled (not in a good way.) Curtis and I made a plan to only buy enough food for each day so we would have an excuse to walk to the shops.

During the Lockdown movement outside the home is restricted to...

Life in the Time of CoVid-Lockdown

Lockdown CountdownBetter Get Ready!

We had watched President Ramphosas speech, and listened as others discussed what National Lockdown meant curiously, as one watches Survivor programs. After all, this was our last full day in South Africa. We were still on schedule to fly out the next evening

Monday morning brought a text message from British Airways. Our flight had been cancelled. We scrambled to devices. While I sat on hold waiting for an airline rep to come on the line, Dave and Les, set to...

Life in the time of CoVid-1 Day to Lockdown!

At 11:59 Thursday March 26 Lockdown Begins*

Pen poised: Was a time I posted musings on my blog Kellys Fishbowl regularly. But like many others who blogged, with so many other social media platforms taking attentionespecially the more visually-focusedmy read this missives were superfluous. So, instead I turned my focus to creating/exploring poetry and for the past 132 weeks have been posting, with Cindy Faughnan, poetry prompts called The 7-Minute Challenge.** (If youre a subscriber, youve been...

Poetry Challenge #132-Little Red Wagons Get Rolling!

The last Wednesday each March is Little Red Wagon Day, a holiday established by Radio Flyer in honor of their Little Red Wagons 100th birthday to encourage kids to get outside, get active and go wherever their imaginations take them. Lets give it a whirlwith words!

Poetry Challenge #132 Little Red Wagons Get Rolling! Norman has a little red wagonthats how he rolls! Bennett & Jack have one, too. How about you? Do you remember bumping along the street pulling a little red wagon? Or maybe,...