Life

Typing the date above reminded me that it is 4/20/2020, which is about three times a normal 4/20. For those of you who have missed the significance of 4/20, you’ll find it here. It might be...

We’ll look more at the details of the numbers in the afternoon article, but Sunday saw almost 26,000 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the U.S. and almost 76,000 in the world. Sunday also saw protests...

It’s the weekend. It’s beautiful outside. Bob Dylan released a new song at midnight last night. Most of us have food and shelter. And music. There are quiet reasons to be thankful. And to help those...

It’s a beautiful spring day outside. If anything, the impact of the current pandemic has given nature a brief reprieve from human damage in some respects. The air is a little cleaner, the horizon maybe slightly...

It’s been about a month since the COVID-19 pandemic began to strongly assert itself into our daily routines. For those weeks, it’s been a mind-numbing combination of being frozen-in-time and witnessing a rapidly evolving situation. Many...

I’ll continue, for now, with mid-day reports since that makes the spacing on the numbers I’ve used more uniform. The Knox County Health Department has shifted to three days a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, which...

I hope you each found some peace and joy during this weekend. For so many, those are commodities in short supply. Still, there was sunshine for part of the weekend, and I enjoyed some fabulous time...

It is Good Friday, traditionally a day from which many people draw hope. We’ll likely forever remember this Easter and Passover season for reasons which are quite different from any we’d ever imagined. Still, both holidays...