Phyllis Merriam

Week 97 — COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

Week 97 — COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

By Phyllis Merriam Covid Time is something I’ve thought about these past two years, as we enter the third year and fifth wave of the pandemic. (I should say, this pandemic. It will not be the last one.) During covid, I’ve noticed time seems to lag, speed up, or result...

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WEEK 91 COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

WEEK 91 COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

By Phyllis Merrimann I finally got my act together to store the patio furniture and plant pots in the garden shed. It took no time or effort at all. Why did I procrastinate until early December? Why to I procrastinate about other chores? Because of another...

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WEEK 90 COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

WEEK 90 COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

It is hard to believe I’ve been writing these Random Notes now for 90 weeks. The prolonged virus, its power and variants, homegrown conspiracies, fake news about vaccines, transmissions, masks, social distancing, political divides about all of these topics and Americans’ inabilities to come together as families, political bodies and as a nation to protect one another and find the stamina to sustain the courage to outlast Covid and its variants makes me very anxious.

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WEEK 88 – COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

WEEK 88 – COVID-19 RANDOM NOTES WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE

By Phyllis Merrimann --- The Buzz The Village Soup reported a dozen households severely impacted by the Halloween storm. In actuality, at least two-dozen homes’ basements were damaged with water and mud along with an unknown number of water-damaged vehicles. As we...

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