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| Young Man at the Window, Gustave Caillebotte |
It's been three weeks since Susie and I sequestered ourselves. We stay in touch with her mom regularly along with a few friends and relatives. A Zoom conference the other day allowed Susie and her siblings to meetup and chat and that was trés cool indeed. . . .
This past Tuesday we took advantage of special hours for seniors to go shopping at the nearby Meijer's and D & W Food stores. We both felt oddly anxious, particularly at Meijer's which was packed at half past seven in the morning. I mean, really, feeling a bit nervous about buying groceries? What must so many others in our world be experiencing right now is beyond my comprehension.
We are in the midst of a pandemic not seen in modern memory and the two of us wonder what we will learn from this terrible crisis. Certainly one lesson is how totally bankrupt the GOP has become: the values and ideology that once gave the Grand Old Party its strength are no more. But this is really old news. It's the mind-numbing realization that the greater good is anathema to many -- but not all -- Republicans who seem to be unable to grasp the singular importance of saving lives no matter the cost. Bidding for ventilators on ebay? Seriously?
While some companies in Michigan are taking advantage of the crisis for profit -- and I'm thinking of Menard's here -- others, such as Long Road Distillery has turned it's operations from making spirits to making hand sanitizer. That's the real American spirit come alive.
It's going to be a very long month. . . and the last one for so many.
Let me leave you with a smile, compliments of an old friend -- if you think you've got food problems. . .
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