Hemmed Circles

It isn’t hard to see the unpleasant effects of the coronavirus pandemic. We're all suffering. But complaining won't improve anyone's mood. It takes a bit more effort, but you CAN find things about this odd rest stop in history that don’t suck. Generally speaking, our air and water are cleaner today than they were this time last year. Our streets are quieter. People are deliberately making connections: picking up groceries and prescriptions for elderly neighbors; phoning to check on family members. Nurses, teachers and first responders are finally getting some of the recognition they’ve always deserved. Movie stars, sports figures and politicians are finally LOOKING as irrelevant as they’ve always been. People are spending more time walking, gardening, biking, hiking, boating. The money they’d have spent on big vacations is going into home maintenance instead. It’s an ill wind that blows no good. And the wind can’t blow forever.