Well, friends, this is how it goes. Things are fine and then… I am happy to tell you that my mother has completed two weeks out of the hospital after having had the corona virus. Both of the best aides agreed to work and are living-in, one four days and one three days. The one with her today came for her shift yesterday. They watched old movies, (my mother allowed the television to be on, finally). And, my mother even ate a nice meal. It sounded like a great day! The aide was so pleased. I, however didn’t sleep well … Continue reading →

 Victims of the Black Death being buried at Tournai, then part of the Netherlands, 1349. The Black Death was thought to have been an outbreak of the bubonic plague, which killed up to half the population of Europe. From the ‘Chronique et Annales de Gilles le Muisit’ Can you imagine the terror people felt in London in 1665 as the Bubonic Plague wiped out populations? It was a horrid, agonizing killer carried by rats, transferred to fleas which jumped to humans. The more crowded the area, the more death, and the crowded populace was poor. It abated somewhat in colder … Continue reading →