Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020 1:22 PM

Life is on hold, including holidays like Easter Sunday. Easter and Christmas were the holidays for nominal Catholics like myself, when we go to Church of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in D.C. I fell worse for those who normally would be celebrating this holiday with a little more joy and devotion.I'm here all by my lonesome, social distancing from Lucy and Al. When I told Al that I needed to social distance because I'm in the high risk group he then asked me, haven't I lived long enough, I replied back that like Robert Frost, I have miles to go before I sleep. I guess I have 7 more years to enjoy.

Sunday, April 5, 2020 9:46 pm

I had the night time city streets all to myself again tonight. It's very selfish to say during this time of emergency but I love it. Like many I've started wearing a mask, but that was earlier when I was out walking during the day but not tonight. I wanted to feel the night air over my face and entire body

Thursday, April 2, 2020 8:57 pm

I saw more people wearing masks today. That's also the new official guidance. I'm regretting not having a supply of critical stuff like toilet paper, hand sanitizer, bleach and now the N95 respirator masks that are in such demand. My son said I should also get a gun, preferably a 12 gauge shotgun. What am I going to do with that? I said, Repel boarders who are trying to break in and steal my supply of canned chickpeas? He replied, oh you think this is a joke, but it's going to get to the point where you're going to need a gun. I have in the past contemplated a world where I would need a gun to survive and I've always come to the conclusion that it's not a world I want to live in. My thinking on that has not changed, yet.