My boss wants me to come back to work, but I haven’t been allowed to because no one can with any cold or flu symptoms. I’ve had a sore throat and a runny nose every morning. Maybe I always do and I have never really thought about much it. So my boss talked to the…
I spent this weekend working as a corner marshal. That meant I wore a long sleeve white shirt, tan pants (I need to get some white ones), and stood all day in 99° heat in La Junta waving flags at cars. In exchange for my service, I get to camp in a parking lot. We…
We stop shaking hands. (This was always a huge disease spreader for things like the common cold.) We work from home more. We go on fewer business trips. We treat medical professionals, grocery store workers, delivery drivers, and truckers like heroes. We make more home cooked meals. We garden more. We do things that are…
Dear Ian, Happy 16th birthday! I bought you a present, but I got an e-mail today from Amazon saying that they had tried to deliver your package to your PO box but that they couldn’t because there was no one there to sign for it. I kind of think they’re not being quite truthful with…
Today is the start of work week three of our self-isolation. Sometimes I feel sorry for people who live alone. And then there are days where I feel like living alone might be nice. We might live in the best place in the world for self-isolation. We have a beautiful view. We have more books…