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Elephant in the room
Looking forward to getting away Discrimination has been part of our culture my entire life. Sadly it has continued mostly unchecked and therefore perpetuated throughout our history becoming so common it seemed invisible. Sometimes the arrests were particularly brutal and the resulting outrage gained the usual “15 minutes of fame” but then faded away like…
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Tumultuous
Be grateful. The dictionary says “disruptive,” “troubled,” “disorderly’ or “turbulent”. Personally, it was all that and one more word, “inspiring.” The way the protests started here in Salt Lake City were frightening but understandable. We have been under the cloud of COVID-19 for 3 months along with all the obligatory fear-mongering that goes with it.…
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One week
a perfect storm I was appalled like most humans watching the image of George Floyd. It wasn’t a grainy, disjointed or partial video showing an atrocity like so many before. With those images there is always something missing; the perpatrator left out of the frame or a blurred picture because of distance. We knew the…
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Finally a haircut
Isn’t graduation over already? Sometimes the thought just appears; almost like a shiver. Maybe its the combination of COVID-19 ad nauseam, staring down potential retirement or just trying to stay focused on earning a living that is taking a mental toll. It doesn’t help that during this pandemic I have been drawn to the news…
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A Socially Distant Life continues
A 92-year-old gets a Zoom birthday. I’m not generally prone to wild mood swings but this week was difficult. I have been able to insulate myself away from much of the virus chaos by continually reminding myself how fortunate we are. Our income has been effected no doubt but we still have enough coming in…
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Opening up
Support your local charities I have decided to start venturing out and visit customers I haven’t seen since mid-March. Things seem to be calming down and feel less threatning even though infections are still rising. Social Distancing and masks add to an eerie sense of make believe well-being. I thought I would start by “sticking…
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Sunshine…and Lysol
We will survive the virus but will we survive him? There are two camps; one is to stay the course the other to go back to work now. Personally I feel more comfortable opening businesses up slowly and methodically. My opinion is based heavily on how I see my customers interact with me. Because I…
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Can’t tune it out.
Hoping for a silver lining… I can’t help myself from looking. Like so many these days, working more hours from home is my new normal. I am luckier than many, being “essential” gives me an excuse for being outside, even if its only for 3-4 hours. When home though, there are only so many emails…
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A different Easter
Grateful. As I write this I am listening to (and watching) Andrea Bocelli perform an Easter concert live from Piazza Duomo in Milan. I am not a church going person per se, but think of myself spiritual so when I heard about this performance I thought it most appropriate while we are homebound on this…
a life always under construction 