The Never-ending Song

Everything is so quiet here. You would think all 50 residents of this community had moved away. EVeryone is taking the stay home and social distancing seriously.  We had a bit of excitement yesterday morning tho. I was leisurely taking my shower when there was knocking on my door and excited voices calling my name. I responded that I was naked-just leaving the shower. "You have to come out now. Don't you have a robe? " (I go into and come out of the shower with naught but a towel). The problem was the Animal Control was here and they thought he was after Ginger. Tho they had Ginger in sight, she would not go near anyone so they could put her in my apartment. “Hurry”-- I came out of the bathroom with a large towel attempting to cover my somewhat larger body and paddled my wheelchair to the front door. Beverly removed her coat and threw it over me. Outside I propped the door open and tried to coax Ginger, who was sitting in the flower bed, to come in.

No--even dogs with large vocabularies do not understand everything that is being said to and around them.  Many dogs are now providing their humans with companionship and "hugs" during this time of extreme isolation.  Perhaps they cannot play checkers, though the cats like to think THEY can as they shove the little discs around and off the board, but those dogs are good listeners and do enjoy indoor sports and games.  Keeping a social distance is beyond their comprehension as witnessed in the enclosed pictures. Cats too! And no one had told this fox about social distancing.

This will be a strange Easter.  For years my daughter Meg  has organized an Easter egg hunt for her children and the neighbor- hood kids.  They live in the country so there are many good places to hide the plastic eggs filled with treats or tiny toys.  When her own children were grown, she continued the tradition for her two  grandsons and friends.  This year there will be no egg hunts anywhere. When I was young, Easter morning included church.  My sisters and I had new dresses , and more importantly, new hats.  We wore hats in church every Sunday; however, Easter brought us out wearing  new summer hats--straw with little flowers and ribbon.  There will likely be no Easter parade this year in any US town or city.   Many churches have worked hard to set up services on UTube and other sites as well as on traditional TV.  I wonder if others, as well as their usual members, will watch these programs. I wonder if this virus will bring more people to church or perhaps send them away.