Coronavirus: Los Angeles #12

I know.  Some of you were worried: “Haven’t heard from Coleman for a while.  Hope he’s OK."

More of you were not even aware that you had not heard from me for over a week.

And the rest of you thought: “Thank God the old geezer finally stopped putting out those emails”.

As always: many of us get too many emails already, even before this pandemic.  

So, if you would like these to stop, please feel free to say so.  (You won’t be the first to do so.)

From Rick in The Valley, re Gates, Buffet and Bezos:

"Both Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have committed to give away their accumulated wealth. I find it amusing that both are having trouble with this goal as they are accumulating wealth faster that they can give it away.  Both men are "mensches" and represent what is best in America.  I am not sure about Bezos and his plans tor distributing his accumulated wealth.” 

(What a problem to have!!)

Wednesday, April 22:

About a week ago, the NYTimes ran an article about if and how the Democratic party could win votes for Biden from those who supported Sanders, especially the younger voters.  I wrote a letter to the Times, and it was included in the Letters section in today’s print edition.   I don’t have a bucket list, but if I did, getting a letter accepted by the NYTimes would be on it.  Also this week, our granddaughter Chelsea, who is practicing social separation in Park City UT, got her letter to the editor of the Salt Lake City Tribune published there.  See both under photos below.

Morning walk.  The jacaranda trees in the park area behind our building are just starting to bud.  Two months to go until the longest day of the year, but the sun is already high up in the sky.  After the rain of only a couple of weeks ago, the daytime temperatures are forecast to be in the 80’s for the next nine days.

On the PBS NewsHour, they interview a psychologist.  In response to a question about trouble sleeping, she recommends at least 20 minutes per day of exposure to the sun.  Apparently this helps to regulate the body’s daily melatonin cycle, and improve sleeping.

Thursday, April 23:

7AM: sipping a cup of tea, looking out our front-room window, which faces southwest.  The sun is still low, and casts the shadow of the street lamp onto the building across the street.  In ten minutes, literally one car drove by.  A jogger goes by, and several dog walkers are out early; when we first moved to Park La Brea (2007), dogs  were only allowed in a few buildings; now they are everywhere.

David and Daniel, our trash guys, show up in their golf cart.  Their job is to bring the trash bins up from the basement to the street level. They use the golf cart to tow the bins up the ramp.  Then they proceed on to take care of the other 17 towers in Park La Brea.  In an hour,  the trash truck will come and lift the bins up over its head.  Later David and Daniel will come back, and return the bins to the basement; every week day come rain or shine; on Saturday, it’s another man, and no trash on Sunday.  Rather regularly, the noisy trash truck shows up just in the middle of our Mondays and Fridays Zoom meditation class.

Also out early, maintenance workers and their trucks.  Park La Brea was built in the late1940’s, right after WWII.  The buildings are about 75 years old, and thus in a constant state of needing upkeep.  If you have ever owned an old house, you understand this issue.

Friday, April 24:

Weather forecast for today about 90.  First time we have turned on the A/C this year.

Our meditation leader, Lesley, reads a poem by a woman, living alone, who finds an ant that has snuck into her place riding on her morning paper.  Her only contact with another living animal

On Wednesday, I brought home from my small community garden plot the weekly harvest of chard.  Chard is very prolific and easy to grow.  In the chard leaves soaking in the kitchen sink I see a ladybug.  As delicately as possible, I lift her up and let her loose outside on the window sill.  Starts walking around, and then flies away.

Should we plan another Zoom with our daughter Ashley in Paris?  I text her that we want to wait a few days; she replies that she is taking a “Zoom break” for a week.  I fully understand; it’s a great tool to have in these times, but also seems to require a lot of focused energy that can be draining.

Sunday, April 26:

We walk by John and Eileen’s place.  They have a lovely sign in their window sending good wishes for Ramadan to all their Muslim friends, neighbors, co-workers, and students.  (Photo below)

Monday, April 27:

In an earlier letter, I complained that our check from the USTreasury did not include Our Dear Leader's signature, since it was a direct deposit.  I take it back.  Today we received a personal letter signed by him.  We’ll keep it in our scrap book.

Tuesday, April 28:

Our grocery order from Yummy.com arrives.  Nadine thought she ordered three red potatoes, but what we got were three 2-pound bags of red potatoes. She offers one to Atheana next door, who accepts.  Atheana’s dad in Chicago was an early coronavirus patient but came thru OK.  Atheana then texts back that a friend is bringing her a dozen Sprinkles cupcakes; do we want a couple?  I take chocolate-and-peanut butter, Nadine asks for lemon blueberry. Atheana also gives another one to Jamie next door, and two to Bill and Ellen below her.  Jamie informs us that face masks have arrived from her parents in South Korea, and they include six intended for us; these are really high-class face masks. 

Don’t worry, all this back and forth is done by leaving items outside the door, and ringing the bell; no actual human contact.

Wednesday, April 29:

Today I see an obit for one Harold Reid, of the Statler Brothers.  I have no recollection of them, so I ask my 20th-century pop culture guru (Nadine) if she recognizes the name. She says no. We ask Alexa to play something by the Statler Brothers.  Here’s the first song up on Alexa's list:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg1di8sGxWc

The only line I remember is the one about "cigarettes and Captain Kangaroo”.

In an earlier email, I mentioned our growing desire for store-bought coffee.  Today we decide to take my 2005 Civic out for a spin, to keep its battery charged.  Before going downstairs, we get on-line to the Starbucks webpage to order coffees for pick up.  Let me just say that the first time is not a quick exercise; data required (not including the coffees per se) include: setting up a user name and password (must include both an upper case letter and a special character), choosing the store location, payment by PayPal.  And in the end I was told that this location did not offer oat milk!!

Auto traffic in our neighborhood is starting to pick up.

That’s It For Now

 

Stay safe, wash your hands, keep your distance, be kind to one another, and call your mother (if possible).

Coleman

From our cousin Phyllis in Berkeley: "Social Separation in the Berkeley Shtetl":

Try this 3-minute YouTube link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS9iiGJxbWo&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3uvVNDh5xgH7OcaQyrx0GEQV0qCfw6-978WaOezU5fqSNC4C0dHTee-pk

PHOTO GALLERY:

Ramadan greetings in the window of neighbors John and Eileen.  (John is a school teacher - see above):

Letters to the editor (see above):

From Nadine: 

"Wanted to share this early-morning Amazon arrival.  So cute.  Waited one month for 10 of these itty-bitty rolls at a total of $25.00.  I’m thinking I should unwind them & put 3 together for one normal one!  That would come to about $8.00 per useable roll!!”

(Normal roll on the right; $2.50 Amazon roll on the left.  But at least we received them, after suspecting that they would never come.)

More neighborhood sidewalk art:

Coronavirus: Los Angeles #11

As always: many of us get too many emails already, even before this pandemic.  

So, if you would like these to stop, please feel free to say so.  (You won’t be the first to do so.)

Thursday, April 16:

Our routine has now developed into two walks in our neighborhood each day; one in the AM, and one in the PM.  Typically about 1-1/2 miles each, fully masked up and carrying hand sanitizer. Until 2020, our morning walks usually included a stop at Pete’s at 3rd and Fairfax, where we knew all the baristas well; sadly, this Pete’s closed at the turn of the new year. 

Then we moved our loyalty to GroundWorks, about 3 blocks west on 3rd. But, we have not been into any stores now for about four weeks.  I ask Nadine: “how long can we hold out before our yen for a store-bought Americano(her) or latte with oat milk(me) will overcome our caution?"

On the way out of our apartment, we run into Donovan, a good friend of Atheana and Cory who live next door.  Donovan used to have a red Mohawk, but has shaved that off, and he is wearing a mask; at first we don’t recognize him.

We each received our $1,200 Treasury checks in our bank account.  Unfortunately, since it was a direct deposit into the bank, we don’t get a copy of the Dear Leader’s signature.  Sad, very sad.

Friday, April 17:

Is it sinful to spend the whole day in one’s PJ’s?  So far, this is only a hypothetical question. But, still in my pajama bottoms, I have taken the trash down to the basement once or twice.  

A meditation teacher notes that this is a hard time for most of us, staying home alone, but may be Heaven for introverts.

Our son Phil is, among other things, a terrific photographer.  ( To sample his nature photos, go to: www.oceanlight.com ).  He has been working for many months to collect and organize and scan hundreds of old photos from the family, and that project is finally coming to fruition.  Seeing some of these old faces and places is fun and brings back a lot of memories, though I must say there are also many of them where I can not remember who all those people are, and what I/we were doing there.

On the down side, got a popup message from Apple that my iCloud storage was about full. Putting all these photos into this iMac has filled up our 50GB iCloud storage, so now we have to pay Apple an added $2/month to bump it up the 200GB.   Could not figure out how to increase it on my own, so had to call Apple support to get it done.

Saturday, April 18:

Several editions ago, I told of our little saga of ordering TP on Amazon.  Some confusing messages coming back from the vendor in China. In response to the tracking info provided, was told that our shipment was on its way, destined for “Germany”.

Now the LATimes has an article with this headline: “Cash down the drain for online TP buyers?”   A fool and his money are soon parted.

Large Amazon grocery delivery on the ground floor of our building, apartment MK, including a 12-pack of Coke.  It has been there for at least 24 hours.  I look at the label, and they have delivered it to the wrong building; it is for the building next door.   

We walk next door and ring the bell at MK; a nice young lady answers.  We talk and she tells us she has already gotten her money back from Amazon; why don’t we just take the items and use them ourselves.  But we don’t drink Coke. 

She comes back with us to our building, and she takes the Coke, and we take the paper towels and the TP, and thank her.  She is here from South Korea for a year, studying at UCLA, her two kids, 1st and 2nd grade, with her; her husband is stuck in Korea, at least for now.

Sunday, April 19:

Phone call with our son Elliott in DC.  He looked at his horoscope…and its the same as last week!!  Lots of badminton in their backyard.  Daughter Lina, twelve, is the best player in their house.

Morning walk.  Up to Beverly Blvd and the small corner market there.  TP and paper towels.  Heading home, see our neighbors John and Eileen Zwiers thru their windows.   It’s John’s birthday today, #58.  They are going to play Charades on Zoom with his three sisters and their spouses.

It seems every one  is into cooking and baking.  

Our nephew Benjamin in Stanford sent us a text with photo of his latest creation.  He is cultivating his own sourdough starter, and his loaf looks great.  

John (see above) is going to try his mother’s bread recipe.  

Nadine also got yeast at the market; goes on YouTube and finds a video; dough (not sourdough) is now rising in the bowl, and the oven is heating up.  Result was excellent (see photo below)

Nadine’s cousin Bruce's (Bay area) 70th birthday party on Zoom.  Great to celebrate with him, and to see family members we have not seen in a long time.  Locations included Bay area, NYC, CT, Yosemite?, Kings Canyon?, Jerusalem?, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Glasgow.  The question mark is because Zoom users can insert “backgrounds" of their choice.  But if you have used Zoom, and who has not at this point, you already know that.

That’s It For Now

 

Stay safe, wash your hands, keep your distance, be kind to one another, and call your (mother if possible).

Coleman

Photo/Video Gallery

There is an apartment near us with a family with one boy and one girl.  The children always have posted on their front door some "words to live by”.  

Here is their latest; rather on target I would say.  (Boy in blue; girl in red)

Nadine’s first bread baking effort pays off:

Coronavirus: Los Angeles #10

As always: many of us get too many emails already, even before this pandemic.  

So, if you would like these to stop, please feel free to say so.  (You won’t be the first to do so.)

Sunday, April 12:

First Amazon Prime truck drives up to our building at 7:15 AM.  A sign of the times we are in.  

Jeff Bezos must be making a fortune…a 2nd fortune, that is...or maybe his nth fortune.

Three Americans, Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, together have as much wealth as the bottom 50% of all American families.  At least, as far as I know, they didn’t start out with big funding from Daddy.

Early morning walk.  All the parks in Los Angeles, including PanPacific Park, are closed for Easter Sunday.  Have to take a different route.  

The waiting line at Whole Foods seems to always be about the same; one long city block, spaced out diligently at 6 feet apart; the wait time to get in is about 25 minutes.  Very uncrowded in the store, no lines at checkout counters.  

No lines at CVS, where the spacing guidelines have been marked on the sidewalk and face masks are now required by law.  (see photos below.)

Later we catch Saturday Night Live (from Saturday).  A great effort, not the same energy, but thanks for doing it.  I liked Weekend Update as the best segment.

Then, another episode of Homeland.  We are wondering how it will end? Nadine thinks Carrie will die; I can’t imagine that happening.  We’ll see.

Monday, April 13:

Early morning meditation with Lesley Hyatt on Zoom.  Nadine and I are sitting, rather stiffly in appearance, on our couch in the den, looking like the couple in American Gothic. 

Lesley asks us to focus for a while on the sounds in our environment.  For us, this may include barking dogs, owners telling dogs to stop barking, delivery trucks (see above), trash trucks, etc.  

But today our neighborhood is rather still, and the half-hour passes quickly and is very quieting and restorative.

Tuesday, April 14:

9 AM: Nadine tries Zoom pilates with Robin Martini, in the Bay area.  Robin’s class was recommended by our daughter in Paris, Ashley, who is also in the class also; it’s 6 PM there.

Morning walk. We live in the neighborhood in which Nadine grew up.  About half-way between downtown LA to the east, and the beach at Santa Monica to the west.

The neighborhood feels strangely quiet.  Nadine says it’s feels like "The Truman Show", with Jim Carrey; a false or unreal world.  If we walk too far, will we bump into the edge of the world?

We head north from Park La Brea on Gardner St towards Beverly Blvd, past our local library, which is now closed. 

At home, I have three books checked out, but I can’t return them; the book deposit slot is taped shut.

From Beverly, we head back south on Vista.  This is the street where Nadine and Darryl lived when their first son, Adam, was born, 55 years ago; he is now a rabbi in Vancouver BC.

We decide to pick up dinner for tonight.  Our friend Analee Pasette in The Valley tells Nadine that Sharky’s, a Mexican grill chain, is also selling TP and vinyl gloves.  Who nu?  

We order a chicken bowl with chips and salsa...and the TP and vinyl gloves...on the Sharky’s website, and drive over there for the pickup. Everything goes very smoothly.  

Except the TP is "single-ply”. TMI?   I remember this from my childhood; Nadine says she does not.  (Analee’s husband Tony also complained about the 1-ply)

Wednesday, April 15:

FaceTime in the morning with Ashley and her husband, Neil; they sipping on glasses of wine in Paris; it’s 6PM there.

Neil, working mostly from home there, is enjoying this Paris without the normal big-city hustle and bustle.  The Eiffel Tower and the park around it are right outside their windows; trees are in full leaf, and he can hear the birds singing. 

This is the longest uninterrupted 2-on-2 conversation we have ever had with Ashley and Neil; What a treat!!

Two deliveries from Instacart yesterday.  We are totally out of $1s and $5s for tips to delivery persons, whose efforts we really want to acknowledge.  Can’t remember when we last used cash for anything.

California governor, Gavin Newsome, having regular noontime briefings.  I appreciate that yesterday one of the issues he focused on was what is being done for some of the most needy segments of our society, including foster children and the homeless.

That’s It For Now

Stay safe, wash your hands, call your mother, keep your distance, and be kind to one another.

Coleman

Signage outside our CVS at 3rd and Fairfax:

Face masks drying out in the shower after being washed:

A neighborhood child’s tribute to those who are serving us during the pandemic:

Coronavirus: Los Angeles #9/Final

My apologies to my readers.  Edition #9 “escaped" from my Drafts file prematurely.  This is the final version.

(This editor pressed the “Send" button instead of the “Save" button.)

As always: many of us get too many emails already, even before this pandemic.  

So, if you would like these to stop, please feel free to say so.  (You won’t be the first to do so.)

Wednesday, April 8

Anecdotal observations from our daily walk, this time thru PanPacific Park.  The Asian-Americans are almost all wearing masks; thank you guys.  The younger-Americans are the ones who most often are not wearing masks; shame on you guys.

Facetime Seder with Adam and family. As always, Adam does a great job of shepherding us thru the steps of the seder with fun, joy and nuggets of understanding.  

Na’amah, as always, irrepressible in front of an audience and a camera, did a great job with Ma Nishtana.  

Nadine cooked up a storm: matzo ball soup, gefilte fish, Deb’s charoset recipe, and noodle kugel.  A feast for just the two of us.

Did you know?  Most of the Shabbat prohibitions apply for the first two days and the last two days of Passover, but not for the middle four days.  However, the restriction against cooking does not apply during the holidays.

Thursday, April 9:

Now that Sanders has officially withdrawn from the Democratic nomination contest, praises are appearing in opinion pieces.  I did vote for Sanders in the CA primary, mostly because I believe the moral outrage in his message is valid and needed to be heard.  Now he strikes me as similar to the prophets of the Old Testament, to most of whom many Israelites did not paid attention during their prophecies.

LA mayor Eric Garcetti has issued an order.  Starting this weekend, store managers may refuse to allow persons to enter their premises if they are not wearing face covering.  Good for our mayor!!

2nd night seder with Nadine’s brother Curt, his wife Deborah, their son Benjamin at Stanford, and five of Benjamin’s friends.  Some tech difficulties with Zoom at our end, but it was fun just the same.

So good that we have these technologies that allow us to share these holidays with family and friends.

And Easter coming up for so many.

Friday, April 10:

Found a new and excellent meditation on Monday and Friday mornings with Lesley Hyatt, who is a good friend with both our son Adam, and our daughter-in-law Nadia.  Zoom working as intended.  And perfectly synchonized with the arrival of the noisy trash truck outside our window; fortunately I now know how to mute our microphone.

News reports that food banks and food pantries are seeing a large growth in demand; many more needy persons showing up.  The food pantry where I was volunteering, SOVA/Pico, unfortunately had to close because most of the volunteers where older and decided they could not risk the exposure to both clients and each other.  But in many cases, the pantries that are still open are being staffed up by younger people who are filling in and keeping things going.  Hats off to them.

I am a compulsive type.  Used to starting each day with making up a “to-do” list, and then checking off the boxes as the day progresses.  Nadine has complained in the past that “you are always busy”, and she is correct.  But now with few things on the schedule, and a lot more uncommitted time, I am finding that I am slowing down more and being a little more observant of my environment and myself.  Per our cousin Barbara Heitz, “your life has slowed down and your focus has turned to the minutia of daily life.”  Even making diary entries most days.

Saturday, April 11:

Afternoon walk, with mask, sun glasses and hat.  My iPhone does not recognize me anymore; have to enter my passcode.

Got home and logged on to this computer.  It sends me a message that I have “a new memory”.  From my computer to God’s ears.

Watching too many European female murder detective shows.  The heroine always has a surly teenager, and an ex-husband with a pretty girlfriend; there is a problem with a video that someone took of her child; and every time she tries to talk with the him/her about it, her phone rings and she has to leave immediately for work; an important break in her murder case has occurred.

That’s it for now.

Happy Passover and Happy Easter, as appropriate.

Stay well, keep your distance, wear your masks, call your mother, wash your hands, and be kind to one another.

Coleman

From our friend Michael in The Valley:

(Are we all totally consumed with the TP shortage?)

“Ran out of toilet paper, and now using lettuce leaves.  Today was just the tip of the iceberg; tomorrow romaines to be seen."

The answer to prior quiz:

The actress who played “Alice Nelson” on the Brady Bunch was Ann Davis.

Coronavirus: LA #7

As usual: many of us get too many emails already, even before this pandemic.  

So, if you would like these to stop, please feel free to say so.  (You won’t be the first one.)

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1:

April Fools Day: Alan Canter says it’s false news that he is 79 today.  But it’s not.

With most of our old weekly schedule wiped clean, each day seems like the last.  What day of the week is it, I wonder?  

One might think that time would be going by slowly, but it seems to be the opposite.  Each day flies by, and soon it’s dinner time, and the day is almost over.

THURSDAY, APRIL 2:

How can we celebrate Pesach? On Zoom?  Nadine needs some staples for the food items, so we walk to Beverly and LaBrea, a very Orthodox area, where there is a neighborhood kosher market.   The store is very busy, and it’s impossible to maintain 6-foot distance from everyone else.  We are wearing our masks, but are concerned about possible exposure.  But we get everything she wanted there: matzo, egg noodles for kugel, gefilte fish, and sharp horseradish!  3+ miles roundtrip. 

My Thursday classes are available again, thanks to the internet.  R. Wolpe on YouTube.  Both R. Lebovitz  and UCLA/MARC meditation on Zoom.

Wolpe comments on how fortunate we are in this time to have the internet at this time, to stay in touch in various ways.  What if we were home alone with just the telephone and the USPS?  (How did our ancestors survive?)

Walking home, we talk about things that are troublesome in this time.  A song fragment pops into my head: “do I worry”.  That’s all; no other words, no melody.  

Hours later the whole thing jumps out at me: “Do I Worry” by the Ink Spots.  Here it is on YouTube: Do_I_Worry

How nostalgic this song is to me.  The Ink Spots had a unique style.  

I am a nostalgia lover.  One of the shows we are watching is “The Plot Against America” (HBO) based on the novel by Philip Roth.  The time period is 1940.  The story, an alternative history, is dark.  But, I love the vintage cars, the vintage clothes, and the vintage radio broadcasts.  The voice of Walter Winchell.

FRIDAY, APRIL 3:

We have put our cleaning lady, Alma, on hold, but intend to keep paying her as usual for as long as we can. So Nadine declares that we have to do the cleaning ourselves; I have been resisting this since the last time Alma came. (It’s not that big a deal; we live in a 1,200 sq ft apartment.)  We divide the work in two, hers and his.  I put my tasks on my iCal: Monday/den; Wednesday/living area; Friday/my bath.

On March 19, we ordered TP on Amazon.  The seller is Yinmeng Home.  (First we get the coronavirus from China, and then the TP.)    

On March 24, we get an email; our shipment has gone out, the carrier is EUB, and there is a tracking number.  I enter the tracking number into the website Global Package Tracking.  The good news: estimated delivery date: April 3 thru April 7.  The bad news: Destination is shown as Germany!!

SATURDAY, APRIL 4:

Morning walk to Farmer’s Market, where there is an abundance of fresh produce and virtually no lines.  Get just about everything we went there for.  Walked past WholeFoods; the line is a block long, but that’s because everyone in line is about 6’ separated from the next person.  It appears that about 80% of those in line are wearing masks.  Passers-by on the sidewalk cheerfully make way, as do we, so we are not too close to each other.

Our synagogue, Lev Eisha, has recorded a Shabbat service on YouTube.  Just four persons: Rabbi Toba August, canter Cindy Paley, vocalist Robin Winston, and a man on percussion who I do not recognize.  Each separated by 6’.  We viewed the service today at home. As usual, we especially enjoyed the Rabbi’s messages and the singing.  It’s not the same as being there and seeing and greeting our friends, but it was good to be able to see and hear and sing along.

FRIENDS WRITE:

Armin from West Hollywood, and a co-volunteer at SOVA food pantry (until it closed about a week ago):

"Thursday, 4/2...went shopping at Ralph on Wilshire...arrived at  7:00 am...NO line, went right in...same thing happened 2 weeks ago

Got 4 rolls of toilet paper (only package left) ; Matzo and eggs ($4.00 per doz).....I'm ready for Passover!”

Rick from The (San Fernando) Valley:

"Obviously you are getting cabin fever.  Lots of free time on your hands.  Hence each chapter of you blog gets longer.  Keep it up!  I too am getting cabin fever."

Libby (my first cousin once-removed) from Virginia:

"So sorry that you guys have it so bad. We are on a moderate shut down but it’s inching towards full shut down soon like you.  We get outside and play wiffle ball in the yard with kids cause it’s safer then being inside.  Grocery stores are open and so is Lowe’s ! Len flew the last flight back from Edinburgh about a week ago! Grateful that he’s safe and trying to stay sound in this shut down!"

Irv from the OC:

"A wonderful thing happened here Sunday.  One of the neighbors with a back patio that juts out into the lake stood in front of a music stand and with guitar in hand and a loudspeaker system in place, serenaded the locals - John Denver, Peter, Paul and Mary, the Everly Brothers - all the oldies.  People got in their party boats and floated toward him.  They pulled their chairs out onto their docks and they came with blankets and laid them out on the lawn around the lake.  It was magical!  Everyone cheered and applauded.  Our neighborhood, normally void of people,suddenly became a community for a magical hour.  He'll do it again Sunday.   Stay safe,   Irv"

HUMOR:

From my brother, Stan.  Another way to address the shortage of face masks:

https://youtu.be/Uob0AuMZynY

From our friend Michael in the Valley:

"Because of the severe COVID-19 problem, a shipment of horseradish for the seders is stranded in the Madrid airport.

So, unfortunately, the chrain in Spain stays mainly on the plane.”

(My online English dictionary did not recognize “chrain”, but Google did.)

THAT’S ALL FOR NOW:

Stay safe, wash your hands, call your mother, keep your distance, and love one another.

Coleman

PHOTO GALLERY:

The US census had an original date of April 15.  I think it has since been extended.  Advertising continues.

Not sure if this sign is in Arabic or Farsi. I suspect it’s Arabic because of the “ar” at the end of the web address: