July 22, 2021 Photo by cottonbro on Pexels.com Among the current flood of bad news is the word that a few fully vaccinated people are testing positive. According to this widely-cited study, their most common symptoms are headache, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, and loss of the sense of smell. I got my second dose… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Back into your life it will creep
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A pandemic diary: Fear and loathing and more loathing
November 21, 2020 Thanksgiving my ass. Square one and ground zero is where we are, for the third bloody time. We've ridden the roller coaster of pain and poverty, death and despair for nine months, but there's no delivery, no blessed event in sight. As I've written before, my wife and I are among the… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Fear and loathing and more loathing
A pandemic diary: Blue’s gone
August 13, 2020 One Saturday in 1972 I walked out of the dorm where I’d lived for a couple of weeks, joining some new friends and what seemed like the whole town on the way to my first college football game. It was a clear, bright September day, nippy enough for a jacket, but even… Continue reading A pandemic diary: Blue’s gone
This land is their land
The Saturday after the Paris attacks I watched football as usual, but also for a little normalcy, a break from apprehension and sorrow. The game I saw was ideal for that purpose: Michigan vs. Indiana, taking me back to my home turf and calling up memories of football Saturdays in Ann Arbor 40 years ago.… Continue reading This land is their land
Retired, but not from life
Yesterday I retired from the job I'd held for many years. I had a great sendoff, with lots of good wishes and some truly special gifts from the best bunch of colleagues anywhere, or at least in this corner of the Milky Way. I've got plans for the first day of the rest of my… Continue reading Retired, but not from life
Gone Blue
Even if you're not a college football fan or a resident of Michigan, you've probably caught a whiff of the circus parade that began when a quarterback who'd been blasted by a defender and was obviously wobbly was allowed to stay on the field. I don't have the space or the stomach to recap the… Continue reading Gone Blue