I'll admit that as I write this, I am quite out of sorts. Last week, a friend of mine died due to complications of COVID-19, the illness caused by the novel coronavirus.
Another friend's mom passed of the virus. Yet a third friend of mine is presumed to have it, and I am sincerely hoping that she will pull through.
This pandemic, as you can well imagine, is looming quite large in my psyche as I do my level best to keep both me and my partner safe, and worry about so many others that I interact