COVID-19: 1/29/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS, and UTK)
Welcome to a beautiful Friday in the city! I had one long, brisk walk this morning and I hope to get out and take more. There will be Potter and “Once Upon a Time,” I am...
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COVID-19: 1/28/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS, UTK and Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Good Thursday to you all. That was quite a snow, wasn’t it? We spent the morning delayed two hours from walking down the hall to our various classrooms at Urban Academy due to the inclement weather...
Board of Health Meeting 1/27/2021: Slight Easing of Restrictions
Dr. Buchanan began the meeting with a presentation of the current situation (covered in previous article), as well as the benchmark information. She said 34,000 vaccinations have been given in the county, or 7.4% of population....
COVID-19: 1/27/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS, UTK)
I hope you enjoyed the sunshine yesterday. Downtown was still slow, as it has been, but the sunshine made it feel a bit better. Urban Boy and I had a little basketball duel and I sat...
COVID-19: 1/26/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS, UTK and Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Be sure to wear your parkas today. It’s going to be a chilly 62 degrees in late January! I don’t know if it is global warming, a bizarre fluke or maybe just our traditionally weird weather...
COVID-19: 1/25/2021 Update (International, National, State, Local, KCS, UTK)
I hope you had a wonderful weekend. I was able to get out and explore a couple of different parks I hadn’t tuned into for a while. Family movie night this weekend included “Big,” which the...
COVID-19: 1/21/2020 Update (State, Local, KCS, UTK and Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Urban Boy has announced his primary career ambition is to retire. He said that way he can lie on the couch and watch tv or do whatever he wants. It sounds a whole lot like the...
COVID-19: 1/20/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS, UTK)
There is no way to start an article today without mentioning the transition of power happening in our country. We may have learned how tenuous and precious a thing we are witnessing. We have taken it...
COVID-19: 1/19/2021 (State, Local, KCS, UTK)
I’ve watched very little grown-up television in the six months since Urban Girl and Urban Boy moved in. We’ve watched lots of “Raven’s World,” “K.C. Undercover,” “Harry Potter” movies, dinosaur, dragon and “Garfield” cartoons. I long...
COVID-19: 1/15/2021 Update (State, Local, KCS)
I’m not a movie person, in general, though I do have a few movies I love. I cannot name actors or actresses and even the ones I do know, I generally only recognize them periodically in...