Has it been so long? All of the collapsing of society and all going on since I contemplated turning out my lights for a peaceful Earth Hour. And peaceful it was. Across the street in the scary looking house, the man turned all of his lights on in protest. What a fool. I also have a neighbor who went to a tea party protest and one who got evicted. Ah yes.
And some slimy virus crawled out of the Smithfiled hog lot in Mexico and has us all in a state of hyper-alterness. That cough. Is it THE cough or just an allergy? My daughter works in an ER and people are flooding in. Most have bronchitis that they have been ignoring for far too long. The doctors and nurses take some nose swabs and send them off. I feel a tiny bit jealous not to be an epidemiologist or a virologist about now. But I worry a bit about my daughter. They have a protocol. When things are serious you have a protocol. Otherwise, you have a method.
This all reminds me of being a little girl living in Washington DC and lining up to get some of the first ever polio vaccine. It was given out free to all. No more summer polio fears--just running and playing and freedom. I have a friend who had polio and her feet are a size 4. Otherwise you would not ever know it. I wish we had continued putting money into public health like that. Kennedy was president.
I seem to have a lot of freelance work right now which is weird given the economy. I guess the war on science is over. And I have been going to graduation honor events and track meets. Getting a little burned out. Or am I sick? Haha. Paranoia.
I hope you have a happy May Day. You are supposed to dance in the sun and make love in the grass. I might just hang clothes on the clothes line. I really know how to celebrate.
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Welcome back!
I love the new look!! I'm glad to hear that you have some science freelance jobs! That's great to hear.
I can't imagine the fear of a parent when polio was so prevalent.
Still eating lots of yogurt?
We missed earth day, but maybe I will go around right now and turn off some lights on my way to the coffee maker... (-:
My goal for this weekend is to do some wash and hang it out on the line. I've missed doing so.
Love the new header, btw !!
@evagarringer - yes. I am making a batch of yogurt every week. :)
Thank you for your kind comment on my blog. Yes, it's been hard. My mom and I were very close and she lived close by so we saw each other a lot. And then losing my husband's mom on top of that..... just sad. Thanks, again.
My mom used to babysit extra kids, as if she didn't have enough of her own. The "summer of polio", one of her charges ended up with the dreaded disease. Luckily she survived with no ill effects. The day she was to leave the hospital, everything in her room was to be burned. Any gifts she'd received while confined had to be lost. Included in those things was a small turtle. She admitted much later that she left there with a dollar bill folded and hidden in her hand.
Good to see you posting.
Welcome back! I enjoyed reading your entry. I can't believe that man turned on all his lights!!
RYC: I missed you! Do vent so we can compare notes. That's what this place is for!
And yes, the kids really kept me anchored in that place. I love them
too much to just leave but I had to think of myself. For once.
Grass makes me itchy, and I am dance-challenged. But otherwise, I love May.
Ahhhh... May.... the month before June!
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