Category: Covid Times

  • Love Yourself

    Imagine this, a woman of a certain age hears a message in her meditation to pack up her SUV, including her yellow-eyed cat, and make her way south during a worldwide pandemic. Despite living comfortably in a pastoral setting with like-minded friends, she heard the voice and chose to answer. More importantly, this woman settled…

  • Quarantine in the Age of Covid

    March 15 New Jersey goes into strict lock down I’ve been living on a six-acre farm alone The family returns home to quarantine I am relieved of my daily chores Instead, I take long walks in nature Bustling country roads are now empty It is an eerie feeling walking along The jagged road’s edge, stepping…

  • THE AGE OF COVID BEGINS

    March 1, 2020 Bad news arrives in a text message My beloved uncle Ed has left his body His was a good life though not without Trials and tribulations a long life entails He adored my father, his hero in life When death took their father, my dad Stepped in at seven to go out…

  • Tampa in the Time of COVID

    Tampa I leave for forty years and return To find you’ve grown wide, long and leggy Cars speed by Daytona 500 fast, dangerous Streets, sidewalks, malls, everywhere crowds People from all parts of America here Come to see the Bucs, the Rays, the Bolts To be part of this first championship season But the bulldozers…