Time Will Tell
Covid made the summer of 2020 vivid, like a childhood summer.
Formative Years
“The ship will sink, ‘tis a mathematical certainty.”
– Chief Engineer aboard the Titanic
Buckle Up!
“Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish,
Whatever seemed easier…….,”
– Lake Marie – John Prine
In Community
“We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.” – S. Kelley Harrell
Defying Gravity
“I am so tired I can’t stand up; it feels like somebody tripled gravity” – COVID Patient
Fiddling While Rome Burns
Buy me a flute, and a gun that shoots
Tail gates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain’t going nowhere
– Bob Dylan
Stay Safe, Find Joy
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana
Terrifying and Beautiful
Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.
-Lynn Ungar, Pandemic
Texas – Life Imitating Art
When I got old enough to take the train alone
I rode that Texas Eagle down to San Antone.
Texas Eagle – Steve Earle
The Road Less Traveled – New England
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
– Robert Frost