Holiday and Christmas greetings
. . . as we celebrate the return of the light during the pandemic.
Reed and I escaped to the Southwest to watch the Sandhill cranes and Snow Geese in their winter homes along the Rio Grande in and around Bosque del Apache. We made our plans 6 months ago and vaccinated and boosted we thought being outside was a safe way to spend the holidays. Then came Omicron…
Seeking hope
You can’t miss the anniversary discussions about a year of COVID: the lockdown, the losses, the old life still yearned for, but the new routines becoming more familiar.
This week, both COVID immunized, Reed and I took a trip to watch an ancient spring event in northern Indiana: the migration of the Sandhill cranes toward their nesting sites in Wisconsin, Minnesota and further north. We were seeking a change of pace and the magic of taping into nature’s majesty…
Ground Hog Day
Remember the movie—Bill Murray trapped in an endless loop. February 2nd has come and gone and I can never remember if winter continues, or if spring will come sooner if the groundhog sees its shadow. Regardless, the Covid winter is here to stay.
There are reports of the four vaccine breakthrough cases in Oregon, and in New Zealand, which has been a model country in managing the pandemic, shows a rise in cases. The growing mutations of Covid-19 are worrisome, as is the current thought that the vaccine’s protection fade…