Love in the Time of Covid

Love decreases the terror of these terrible times –C.E.Wheeler As I write this, my wife is preparing to travel home to be with her family. Her father was recently diagnosed with lung cancer. After his first round of chemotherapy, he developed pneumonia and was hospitalized. Hong had already began making plans to travel home, but …

Expressing Gratitude

But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all more strong together. – Bram Stoker Globally, we are limited in our mobility right now. Those who have to go to work, return home almost immediately afterwards. Some places are limiting people’s time for daily outdoor recreation, but many open spaces we once …

Some websites to help you relax staying home during Pandemic

I am going to post good things to enjoy online while the coronavirus pandemic continues. Enjoy the links below and stay home as much as possible. Google Arts and Culture https://artsandculture.google.com/ Shedd Aquarium Penguins Roaming around because of coronavirus Buzzfeed: 20 Small Acts of Kindness https://www.buzzfeed.com/farrahpenn/photos-coronavirus-quarantine-restore-faith-in-humanity Max Brooks and his dad Mel Brooks: “Don’t be …

Making Positive Connections

Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, you are unlikely to step up and take responsibility for making it so. – Noam Chomsky This is no time for pessimism, hatred and fatalism. Globally, societies are being disrupted and lives are being threatened. Humanity …

Adapting to Life

Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative. – H.G. Wells From our first breaths to the last, we cope. All of us have adapted to the life we are born into. Some are better adjusted than others, but each and every one of us gets by. Life’s deeply embedded tenacity whispers to …