The Early Years: Who Wore It Better?

Me or my mom’s nurse teddy bear?

(It’s okay. I know the answer is the bear.)

 

A Public Service Announcement

So I was talking this week with my parents, who remember the polio epidemics of the 40s and 50s. Each summer the virus would flare up in different cities and regions. When there were outbreaks in a particular locality, movie theaters and bowling alleys would shut down, and swimming pools and beaches would be closed. It seems to me the present situation is not unlike a polio outbreak where the air is a swimming pool, the entire country is a movie theater.

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When Life Hands You A Coronavirus Pandemic …

… Make a Royal Corona Bean* Tagine:

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If only we could stick the coronavirus in an Instant Pot and be done with it in an hour!

* All right, fine, it’s supposed to be a Great Northern Bean Tagine. But I didn’t have those and wasn’t about to go out looking for them.

The Early Years: (Almost) Easter & A Price Drop Announcement

Looking for an inexpensive novel to read while we’re all under orders to stay home as much as possible? I’ve reduced the price to 99 cents on the ebook editions of all the novels that are currently under my control (all of them except Night Watchman*, whose publisher abruptly closed up shop last year — a fact I only learned about when I noticed it had disappeared from the Kindle store).

My books in the Kindle store

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