written in response to the Voice in Pierre's sleep: If there was no suffering, man would not know his limits, would not know himself (War and Peace, Vol. 5&6, p.35)
living side by side
with strangers in a basement
my writer friend
mutters, my mind, a logbook
of income streams and expenses
children's blood
flows beyond the pages
of War and Peace
my friend grieves the loss of passion
and of her writing dream
Added: inspired by The Independent, Dec. 11: George Clooney so badly stricken with Covid he was forced to direct new film, The Boys in the Boat, from bed: That’s it. A tiny room. And out of that tiny room, let’s say there were 18 people there, 17 people got Covid.
Covid loves a crowd.
It can also crash your party ...
grandpa's masked smile
FYI: BBC News, Oct. 2, 2023: Covid will 'continue to surprise us', warns health official
Covid will "continue to surprise us", England's deputy chief medical officer has warned ahead of another tricky winter for the NHS.
Dr Thomas Waite says the disease does not yet behave in a seasonal way, making it less predictable than other winter illnesses.
He encourages anyone eligible for the free flu and/or Covid vaccine to get the jabs and protect their health.
Added:
Covid surge ...
behind grandma's mask
another mask
FYI: CBC News, Dec. 8: "1 in 9 Canadian adults have experienced long-term COVID symptoms, StatsCan says": More than half still had symptoms as of June 2023
Two-thirds of Canadian adults who have tried to get health-care services for their long-term symptoms say they haven't received enough treatment or support, the Statistics Canada report said.
