Two Years? - 31 March 2022 - Plague Journal Day 749

Micah 6:8
Genesis 45:5-7
Yes, your life matters.

Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Two years ago today I started my daily blogging during the two week lockdown to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 case load. I missed only a couple days in that time (when my Dad was dying - I hope you'll forgive my distraction then), but it's time to stop this daily grind and move to a more occasional "schedule" of posting when I have something to post.
Check back now and then, won't you?

Please note that I'm not claiming there will be five more years where our various overlords will "take care of us" going forward, but I'm not claiming that there won't be either. (You do follow the scripture links in each post, don't you? The first and last are always the same, but the middle one(s) relate to the topic du jour, as it were.)

Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our insane lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.

How Many?! - 28 March 2022 - Plague Journal Day 746

Micah 6:8
Psalm 90:12
Yes, your life matters.

Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?


This week marks two full years since I started blogging daily. 31 March 2020 was the first of my Plague Days journaling. In that time I have missed only a couple days - back in the Fall when my Dad died - even if there wasn't much to write about or celebrate.

So - I think I'll be moving back to a much more occasional schedule of blogging. After all, you're all starting back to normal life (I hope) and don't need my postings to keep you sane and entertained, right?

At any rate, it's been a fun stretch to force myself to find something to write and share each day. Now I hope to put that "discipline" to work in trying to get my third novel back on track. I have a bunch of it written, most of it thought through / outlined, and mostly motivation is what's needed to get it done.

I'll still share things here now and again - probably back to the odd Carnage du Jour or Coinage du Jour to go with random observations of our now sadly post-Constitutional former Republic.

Still, life is good, God is good, and I want to share and celebrate both.

Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow (maybe).


The mental health issues related to our insane lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.

Is It Flat Yet? - 14 March 2022 - Plague Journal Day 732

Micah 6:8
Isaiah 53:4-7
Yes, your life matters.

Some of you are still sheltering in place, but fear not: I'm here to keep you sane and entertained.
One could hardly ask for much more than that, now could one?

Yesterday was the second anniversary of our two weeks to flatten the curve. Our work from home journey started on Friday, 13 March 2020 and here we are two years later and almost ready to go back to the office - part time. We really are a nation of sheep it would seem. (The Sheep Look Up - John Brunner got the source of the oppression wrong, but the environment is still the pretext for said oppression. It's a depressing, wrong-headed book, but the imagery of a nation of sheep is powerful. Wake up, sheeple!)


Keep Calm and Don't Stay Away.
I'll be back tomorrow.
The mental health issues related to our insane lockdown and the pandemic are especially hard for people with depression. NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness, has a 24 hour helpline: 800-950-6264.