How are you doing?

I hope this blog finds you well. Staying at home and social distancing aren’t the worst things that could happen to us. Of course, if you’re one of the 17 million plus Americans that now find themselves unemployed, or if you’ve had COVID or lost someone close to you through the virus then  it’s a completely different story. Increasingly there seems to be consensus that there will not be some grand “reopening” of America and that we will face a slow rollout of reduced restrictions State by State, City by City, town by town through May and perhaps into the summer. I fear that some of our Federal leaders will knee-jerk their efforts to get the U.S. economy rolling as soon as the crisis in New York seems to be under control. While N.Y.C. is a crucial part of our country the worst of the pandemic may be ending there just as it starts to peak in other areas.

Wuhan, China is now under the microscope. As the original epicenter from which the virus spread starts to reopen everyone will watch to see if the virus returns for round two.

In the Denver Metro area folks have now taken to howling at 8:00 in a western rendition of what Italians started from their balconies several weeks ago. I guess if we can’t sing opera like the Italians we can howl, and yes, I and my two huskies have been known to howl together long before we had ever heard of COVID-19. I can do a passable howl but it’s really just to get them started. So it’s been second nature to chime in now that howling is all the rage.

We continue to get out for occasional walks in quiet areas we know. Most of the more popular parks and trails are still filled to capacity even during weekdays now but within a 15 minute drive of our house there are quieter places less visited. The video below is an example of a walk we took the other day. Granted we headed out early in the morning to beat whatever crowds might materialize but when we arrived we found we had the area all to ourselves. Hopefully you have access to one of these quiet spots to find solace. I mean, I can only garden in the back yard for so long. How about you?