Carol hosted a Socially Distanced Birthday Gathering for our friend Gail. Three of us sitting outside on a shaded patio, 8 feet apart, no hugs, no shared cake with candles to blow out. Some slices of delicious banana bread and large strawberries on paper plates. We each brought our own beverage -- coffee or iced tea. The day was warm and sunny; the shade welcome. The birthday presents were a sign of the times: a bar of lovely yet strong soap, chocolates for sustenance, a bottle of lovely wine and a hand-sewn mask, made from a sassy pattern, fit to wear out to a party. Should that ever happen.
Hooray for New Zealand — they’ve declared the end of community spread of coronavirus. Yahooiee! A tiny bright light at the end of a long and treacherous tunnel! They did it by severe and early lockdown, lots of tests, two week quarantine for anyone coming into the country - all the things the scientists say to do - and few of which we did, due to our ill-prepared President who wanted this to just go away - and still wants it just to disappear, with out much effort on his part, it seems to me. Well, it's not gonna just go away and we're not returning to any sort of normal.
There's no going back -- just forward into an irrevocably altered world, at least for the foreseeable future.
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