I’m well aware as I write these mundane daily notes that for now we are among the fortunate few in these terrifying times.  We aren’t facing loss of income, eviction, herding restless quarantined kids, dire health issues, or another disaster on top of COVID.  Of course, with a selfish lunatic for so-called president, nothing is for sure or guaranteed.  So I never take anything for granted.  I grasp at any glimmer of light or color I can find in our fragile world.

So if my boring garden anecdotes seem incongruous or self-absorbed while the world is melting down, It’s only my way of trying to maintain some sanity and order in solitary confinement, and perhaps convey a sense of life going on despite apprehension and uncertainty.  I know it’s not easy, losing the essential ingredients of a stable life, or having to bunker down indefinitely without hope of relief, or the usual support systems.

All I have to offer is these scenes of a natural world persisting through it all.  It helps me cope, and maybe it can cheer up someone else for a moment.