The Plague-Ground – Yearning to breathe free
It’s Christmas. The vaccine is working, as are most of us. Much is calm. Much is bright. Mainly because Joe Biden won the Presidency a
July 3, 2020
August 9, 2021
Tags: covid-19
The Plague-Ground – The herd has moved.
You can scratch and claw and fight and hope and despair, and for years nothing changes. Then one day, everything changes. We are living one
June 30, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Yanqui Stay Home
This week, the European Union will ban Americans from traveling there. Why? Because America is the worst country on earth in stopping COVID-19 – and
June 27, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – What We Didn’t Know
Today is 13 weeks exactly since millions of us were told not to come back to our offices and stay home. Three months exactly. One
June 12, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – A New Kind of Political Leader
One million fewer people live in New Zealand than in the Greater Toronto Area. Yet as of last night, New Zealand has 1,504 cases of
May 29, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – What part of “now” don’t you understand?
The awful news out of our long-term care homes punctures whatever myth of exceptionalism we held about ourselves. It will be harder to claim: “We’re
May 28, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – It is solved by walking
My wife Jean and I once trekked 1,000 miles on the Appalachian Trail. It took us three months with our 45 lb. packs strapped to
May 27, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Dying online
Last month, The New York Times reported on the rise of abortions by telemedicine. A doctor assesses the woman online. Then, if she is ‘approved’,
May 21, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Travel to a new world. No cost. No waiting. Satisfaction guaranteed.
I’ve always wondered what it would be like to spend a day exploring a part of the world that billions of us visit every day,
May 20, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length
When I was half my age, I used to believe that idea from Robert Frost. Now, I’m more into the “in length” part of life’s
May 15, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – A bureaucratic miracle
When was the last time you saw those three words in a sentence? Applied to Ottawa? In a pandemic? Exactly. Our expectation of speedy service
May 14, 2020
August 9, 2021
The Plague-Ground – “In Spain people are renting out their dogs for walking.”
I heard this from Heather Ross who was speculating why fewer people seem to be having heart attacks during the pandemic than before. Maybe it’s
May 13, 2020
August 9, 2021
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