Tag: covid musing

Dear COVID-19, I’ve Read Your Pandemic Novel

Thanks for sending me your manuscript—nearly finished, I hope! It’s certainly some kind of achievement to literally capture your audience inside this sprawling dystopia. Your stakes recall the four horsemen, even your scenes of grocery shopping contain conflict, and you’ve…

Coffee and Coronavirus

Getting dressed, I heard a crash from downstairs, both familiar and jarring. Something had broken. My wife gasped, “Oh no!” and then, unexpectedly, I heard tears. Still half-dressed, I ran downstairs to find her standing over her favorite coffee mug,…