CORONA MYOPIA (published 4-26-2020)

Introduction

 

My 4/19/2020 post still stands: COVID-19, UNCONSTITUTIONAL ‘GOVRMINT’ RESTRICTIONS, AND FACTS. (By the way, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I continue to stand, sit, and sleep, at least six feet apart at home, since we “fear” “govrmint” spies! I carry a tape measure, at six-foot extension, to ensure compliance.)

My COVID-19 approved friend, “Anonymous,” who is known well to me, made two fine comments, on 4/23/2020! He and I are kindred spirits in thought on “Corona Myopia” (as I, now, have coined the phrase) and on many other subjects. “Good show, as always,” Mr. “Anonymous!” (The Fox News folks, in the evenings, pass from one show to the other, using the same wording.) By the way, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman, close family and friends (whom I will determine), and “Anonymous” are the only ones permitted to use “Corona Myopia,” without my expressed written permission. No, on second thought, y’all use the phrase widely, as long as you give me credit for having coined it. Okay, let’s get back on track here!

Definitions

Myopia secondary meaning: “a lack of foresight or discernment: a narrow view of something” (https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myopia). (The Greek is muōps, by my education in Koine Greek: muein ‘to shut’ and ōps ‘eye.’ When you blink your eyes, literally, you are myopic.)

Corona is of Latin root. The word has many uses. The root meaning is crown, such as in garland or crown on one’s head, the northern lights, the circle around the sun, the crown or top of a tooth, etc. Coronavirus refers to a family of cold viruses. COVID-19 virus is in the coronavirus family of cold viruses. (I don’t need to add references, as this should be common knowledge.)

Corona Myopia Defined

I, now, define my term. I have coined it by my entry today.

Corona Myopia, by definition, is: “the incorrect and blindingly narrow focus on the COVID-19 cold virus that causes a lack of discernment, judgment, and wisdom and leads to the failure to apply common sense.”

(Mr. Webster has my written permission to place my definition in his dictionary.)

Corona Myopia Number Crunching (Stay with Me!)

(1) My 4/19/2020 post, COVID-19, UNCONSTITUTIONAL ‘GOVRMINT’ RESTRICTIONS, AND FACTS, is a good starting point.

Today, I offer more number crunching. The following numbers are from 1/1/2020 to 4/26/2020, at approximately 3 PM EDST.

(2) 2020 USA 5.5825% DAILY COVID-19 Deaths of TOTAL Deaths:

USA number of deaths (NOT including COVID-19 deaths) per day: 7,755. Note: 4,842 deaths today, so far, showed at my check. The number went up, during the time I was on the website.

I assume that the total DAILY death count, minus COVID-19 deaths, of 7,755 is based on 1/1/2020 to 4/25/2020 DAILY numbers. This is a total of 116 days. On EACH day, of the 116 days so far, 7,755 people died in the USA, by various causes that do NOT include COVID-19 deaths.

899,580 deaths are 7,755 daily (minus COVID-19 deaths) deaths times 116 days so far, in 2020 (1/1/2020 to 4/25/2020). (Information is via https://www.indexmundi.com/clocks/indicator/deaths/united-states.)

NOTE: Tennessee TOTAL deaths, from 1/1/2020 to 4/25/2020: 21,721, which divided by 116 days is 187.25 per DAY. (Information is via the same website. This, apparently, does NOT include COVID-19 daily deaths.)

The website (stated previously) has: “Note: Numbers on this page do not include deaths due to COVID-19. Our estimates are based on deaths reported before the pandemic started. Check our coronavirus section for information about daily and total deaths caused by the virus.”

Their Coronavirus Section (as of 4/26/2020, approximately 3:15 PM EDST):

Total 1/1/2020 to 4/26/2020 (approximately 3:15 PM) COVID-19 (Coronavirus) deaths:

USA: 53,189 divided by 116 full days (1/1/2020 to 4/25/2020) is 458.52 daily. (Again, how does .52 of a person die? I still don’t round my calculations.)

Note: The USA deaths are NOT broken down by state.

(Via https://www.indexmundi.com/coronavirus/.)

The mathematics, by factoring from 1/1/2020 to 4/25/2020, establish:

USA DAILY deaths 7,755 (not including COVID-19 deaths) plus 458.52 calculated COVID-19 DAILY deaths total 8,213.52 daily deaths. 458.52 USA daily COVID-19 deaths divided by 8,213.52 daily USA deaths indicates that 5.5825% of all USA DAILY deaths are by COVID-19.

(3) “Pneumonia and Influenza (P&I) Mortality Surveillance”

“Based on National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) mortality surveillance data available on April 23, 2020, 11.4% of the deaths occurring during the week ending April 18, 2020 (week 16) were due to P&I. This percentage is above the epidemic threshold of 6.9% for week 16.” (Exact header and comments are via https://www.cdc.gov/flu/weekly/ - S2.)

Note: 11.4% of all USA deaths, from 4/12-18/2020, were from pneumonia and influenza. (Where have the media been on this topic?)

(4) 1/1/2020 to 4/23/2020 Total USA Deaths: 876,585 by reason:

NOTE: it is very hard to find a 2020 to date list on the Interweb that does NOT focus on COVID-19 ONLY.

I found what I could (via https://www.pameas.org/deaths; Last Update: April 23, 2020, 3:00 pm Eastern Standard Time). The information appears to be valid sufficiently.

Total USA Deaths: 876,585

Heart Disease: 199,898. (22.8% of deaths.)

Cancer: 184,971. (21.1% of deaths.)

All Medical Errors: 77,186. (8.8% of deaths.)

Chronic Lower Respiratory Diseases: 49,461. (5.6% of deaths.)

COVID-19: 48,868 deaths (866,148 cases, 5.6% mortality rate of cases; 5.5% of total deaths.)

Strokes: 45,195. (5.15% of deaths.)

Alzheimer’s Disease: 37,483. (4.27% of deaths.)

Influenza: 34,377. (3.9% of deaths.)

Diabetes: 25,800. (NOTE: I’ll stop here. You can do the rest of the math!)

Non-Opioid illicit Drug-Induced Deaths: 22,844

Accidental Poisoning: 20,005

Kidney Disease: 15,633

Suicides: 14,564

Motor Vehicle Accidents: 12,421

Deaths from Firearms: 12,280

Septicemia: 12,022

Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis: 11,785

Accidental Falls: 11,219

Alcohol-Induced Deaths: 11,060

Parkinson Disease: 9,868

Medication Errors: 2,779

Obesity-Related Deaths: 2,390

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): 1,759

Accidental Drownings: 1,145

Deaths during Pregnancy, Childbirth, or the Puerperium: 373

Train Accidents 235

Boat Accidents: 214

Surgical Errors: 123

All Natural Disasters: 110

Lightning Strikes: 16

The daily, often repeated and updated, tally of COVID-19 cases, recoveries, and deaths, by world, nation, state, and city have created Corona Myopia! Where is the daily report of cases, recoveries, and deaths, for heart disease, cancer, influenza, pneumonia, etc., etc.? I rest my case!

Corona Myopia Logic

Whew! All that number crunching takes time. Again, I am not unsympathetic to the family and friends of ALL those who have died this year, by ANY means, including COVID-19.

Mr. “Anonymous” made good points in his two comments. The reasoning is by logical association, which is an inductive form of reasoning that is often valid. My 4/19/2020 post used the same reasoning. Since the political powers that be have stifled to a great degree our God given human rights, in many ways, due to the COVID-19 cold virus, then the political powers that be could continue to stifle our God given human rights to various degrees, due to many other reasons.

 

For example, many (they could give you the daily number counts) are dying from driving, over eating, smoking, not exercising, heart disease, cancer, pneumonia, influenza, etc., etc. They (i.e., political powers that be) could, or even should, by the argument from association, restrict many other God given human rights. Let’s enumerate a few:

1. No one drives, except for ‘govrmint’ approved and regulated purposes.

2. The speed limit, as Mr. “Anonymous” says, is reduced to 20 miles per hour.

3. The over weight folks who don’t exercise are required to follow a strict ‘govrmint’ approved and regulated diet and exercise program, which is monitored by ‘govrmint’ bureaucrats.

4. Everyone stops smoking and drinking alcohol, as regulated (according to my prior statements).

5. Stop murdering unborn children. Now, this measure MUST be taken! We shutdown the nation, to save lives, but it is okay to kill unborn children in the context (i.e., by abortion)? It’s insanity, of course! The USA 2020 total is 276,502 to date, 6:38 PM, murders of unborn children (i.e., abortion), via http://www.numberofabortions.com/, which is a rate of 20.8% (via https://worldpopulationreview.com/).

6. Etc., etc., ad nauseam.

Conclusion

Do you understand my point? I thought so. I know that I have convinced even the most skeptical of my readers! The Corona Myopia glasses are off!

By the way, read https://coronavirustruths.godaddysites.com/, if you want to find some other good reading on this topic.

To future readers, wake up, America! Join the others, who have taken off their Corona Myopia glasses, before the nation kills itself economically!

COVID-19, UNCONSTITUTIONAL "GOVRMINT" RESTRICTIONS, AND FACTS (published 4-19-2020)

Introduction

Patience awaiting this article is now rewarded. I delayed a now-upcoming 169th hike on House Mountain to publish this article.

January started as “China virus, also known as coronavirus.” February became “Coronavirus!” March turned into “CORONAVIRUS, also known as the COVID-19 virus!!” Now, April is “COVID-19 VIRUS PANDEMIC INSANITY!!!” Are you noticing how the fearful hype has been building?

COVID-19

“Formerly, this disease was referred to as ‘2019 novel coronavirus’ or ‘2019-nCoV.’” “COVID-19 is caused by a coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that are common in people and may [sic] different species . . . . This occurred with MERS-CoV and SARS-CoV, and now with the virus that causes COVID-19.” Source quotes are from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/faq.html. Note that “may” should be “many.”

We know the symptoms all too well, due to the almost daily media focus. By the way, don’t forget to wash your hands, not touch your face, and cough or sneeze into your handkerchief. Please wear a mask, even if driving alone, as I have seen several times, and disinfect household surfaces, even while quarantined at home!

Unconstitutional “Govrmint” Restrictions

I found Executive Orders, Governor Bill Lee, numbers 14 to 28 (15 total orders) with the subject line “COVID-19” in them at https://sos.tn.gov/products/division-publications/executive-orders-governor-bill-lee. That is the count at the date of this entry. Not taking time to read them all, I read most of Executive Orders 22 and 23. Those executive orders closed the parking lots at House Mountain!

Executive Order 22 refers to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-107(e), which I found at https://www.lawserver.com/law/state/tennessee/tn-code/tennessee_code_58-2-107.

Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 58-2-107(e) is a small part of a huge code that contains a great amount of “govrmint” gibberish. Your eyes may burn out, trying to read it all. In effect, this code grants the Governor, under various conditions, powers equal to what any Russian tsar once had!

I have The Constitution of the State of Tennessee, Revised November 4, 2014. It is 26 pages. I read every page. I searched every page for the phrase “executive order.” The phrase does not exist in the Tennessee Constitution! I searched the word “order.” The word is present, but the word “order” is not associated with any type of special executive branch power.

The Tennessee Constitution does not grant executive order power. The Governor takes executive order power. Logically, the conclusion is that the Governor does not have constitutional power to issue any executive order in the State of Tennessee.

Of course, I know that lawyers and legal scholars out there will scoff at my logical reasoning. They will call my reasoning simple and uneducated. These lawyers and legal scholars had better not build a straw man argument, by attacking the man (me) and not the man’s (my) position. If they try that rebuttal, I am able to defend my position quite well.

My stands for freedom, as a free citizen of the State of Tennessee and of the United States of America, were made recently by my three acts, which follow.

First, on Good Friday, 4/10/2020, I hiked House Mountain for the 168th time. Second, the next day, two other men and I gathered and did not stay six feet apart. We did some target shooting at the homeplace. The two articles from Passover Sunday, 4/12/2020, have the details.

My third, and most recent, action was on Thursday, 4/16/2020. I “clocked out” from working at home at 3:30 PM. I drove to the back door entry at my barber’s shop. By means of a clandestine arrangement that we had established the week before by phone, as a free man in a free country, I got a haircut from my fine barber!

My barber was concerned enough by the unconstitutional closure of various “not essential” businesses, such as his. He asked me, as well as several other clients, to park around back. That way, the law would not drive by, catch him cutting hair, and arrest both his client and him. Of course, my barber cuts hair by clandestine appointment now. He takes one client at a time. No one is waiting in a chair to be next in the barber chair. He schedules clients an hour apart, so he can disinfect his barbershop. He wears surgical gloves and a mask. He, however, still cuts hair! His business is down, naturally, since he cannot, by the unconstitutional executive order, expect his daily walk-in clients.

My barber is a microcosm of the total economic disaster that has befallen our nation, due to the unconstitutional (federal and state) restrictions on a free people in a free nation. I remember, as a teenager, the 1970s oil embargo and the gas rationing. I remember the 9/11/2011 attacks on this nation. I remember various economic recessions and how our nation overcame them. Ronald Reagan’s recovery from the Jimmy Carter recession stands out.

I fear no man or no event. For many, this COVID-19 insanity is a frightful time in this country. Many fear the virus. Others fear how the federal government and the various state governments are restricting, unconstitutionally, the freedoms of a free people. What? Church assemblies, face-to-face, are subject to fines and/or arrest? What? I can’t get a haircut, unless arranged clandestinely? What? I can’t park in the parking lot to go hiking?

I stand my ground, as a free American and as a free Tennessean! I will not back down. Join me?

Facts

I hear the reaction of some. You say that we must stay at home, not work, and do no more than the essential to live. This will keep down the body count from COVID-19. We must kill the economy to save lives.

Well, to those who react accordingly, here are the facts for the State of Tennessee.

Leading Causes of Death, 2014–2017:
Source: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/health/documents/vital-statistics/death/2017/LCD-TN%2bAllCounties2014-17.pdf:

Note: The State of Tennessee, apparently, can calculate to 2017 only, which is two years behind the times. Data is only from 2014 to 2017, four full years.

Total deaths: 268,881 divided by 4 years divided by 12 months is 5,601.68 per month. How does 0.68 of a person die? I won’t round up or down.

Top five leading causes of death calculated:

-- Heart disease: 1,298.27 monthly
-- Malignant Neoplasms (i.e., cancer): 1,189.23 monthly
-- Chronic Lower Respiratory: 357.85 monthly
-- Accidents/adverse effects: 339.20 monthly
-- Cerebrovascular disease: 287.33 monthly

Note: The eighth leading causes of death calculated are:
-- Pneumonia & influenza: 135.48 monthly

Traffic Deaths, 1/1/2020 to 4/16/2020:
Source: https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/safety/documents/daily_04162020.pdf:

-- 01/2020: 74
-- 02/2020: 88
-- 03/2020: 75
-- 04/2020 (as of 4/16/2020): 32
Total so far from 1/1/2020 to 4/16/2020: 269
Note: From 1/1/2020 to 3/31/2020 is three full months. This calculates to 79 deaths a month.

Tennessee: COVID-19 Total Deaths as of 4/19/2020, 2:55 PM: Source: https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=symantec&hsimp=yhs-ext_onb&o=hp&prt=SSS&ver=3.11.3.7&tpr=111&chn=store&guid=e59a1b19-f318-4952-a6e6-ee655f693441&doi=2019-10-25&doa=2019-06-22&p=Tennessee+COVID-19+death+total&geo=&ctype=&installsource=&v:

-- Deaths are 145. The link also shows the number of cases and the number of recovered cases, as if those matter.

On 4/18/2020, at 5:35 PM, I did the same search. I found 142 deaths. Thus, there were three more deaths today, so far.

I can only assume that the Tennessee COVID-19 deaths are from 1/1/2020 to 4/19/2020, at 2:55 PM. I sympathize with the families of those who passed away. I hope that those deceased had taken up the Good Lord’s gift offer and were ready to go. Crunching numbers, as I am doing now, does not mean that I am unsympathetic to the COVID-19 deaths.

Summary of deaths, by reason, in Tennessee:

-- Pneumonia & influenza: 135.48 monthly. This is 2014–2017, calculated as the eighth leading cause of death.
-- Traffic deaths from 1/1/2020 to 4/16/2020: 269.
-- Total COVID-19 deaths (assume 1/1/2020 to 4/19/2020, 2:55 PM): 145.

Conclusion

The conclusion is logical. We all must stop driving. The Tennessee “govrmint” must force, by unconstitutional means, a free people to stop driving! The rationale is that more people have died from vehicle accidents than from COVID-19 in 2020. If we use the same illogic as the “govrmint,” we must reach the same conclusion, regarding driving, as we do about working, dining out, gathering closely with friends and family, getting a haircut, and so forth.

Do you agree? If so, I know why. If not, use your logic to explain why not! I dare you! By the way, the hypothetical rebuttal that the unconstitutional executive orders, to stay at home and so forth, have kept the COVID-19 death total down is mere speculation. There is no data to support the hypothetical rebuttal. Note: Since heart disease takes 1,298.27 monthly (2014–2017, calculated), logically, the “govrmint” could mandate, by executive order, that folks start eating right and getting plenty of exercise! That is the logical conclusion.

Stay free and live free, Tennesseans and Americans! I have spoken.

Homeplace, Target Shooting, & Yard Work, on Saturday, 4-11-2020 (published 4-12-2020)

Yesterday, Saturday, 4/11/2020, the weather was still cool enough and sunny. (The morning frost was refreshing!) With power continuing in my body, I drove to and from the homeplace, in Hawkins County. My good friend “Gator” and my youngest brother arrived. The good neighbor from across the road came by to visit, on his 4-wheeler. (I shook his hand! The “govrmint” spies didn’t see us do so!)

We set up targets and did some target shooting! The last time that I'd “pulled a trigger” was on 4/20/2019 -- the Saturday between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday. Yesterday, I was determined to shoot again! I am determined to target shoot more this year! The three of us had a great time, shooting and talking!

Next, we cleaned up the trimmings, which my youngest brother had cut upon his arrival, using his gas-powered saw trimmer. The yard looks a little better now. I must do more work, to get the yard back to how it looked, before my 3/29/2016 “life event” (about which I’ve written before).

My youngest brother was delayed, due to the unfortunate passing of one of his wife’s aunts. Well, it was fortunate for her, since she went Home. The unfortunate factor was the Resurrection Sunday weekend timing of her passing, for those of us who are still here.

 

My ’06 Frontier got a photograph! The view looks west in the back yard. I’d piled a few sticks from the yard in the tailgate. Other hand tools for yard work and a bottle of water that we didn’t shoot are also in the tailgate. The yard had been moved a few days ago. I give T&C Lawn Service a high recommendation! We have used their service for years.

 

The above is a good photograph, taken with my trusty Samsung, not semi-intelligent, phone camera! (Over the years, I’ve used my Samsung phone camera to take most of the House Mountain photographs.) The view is southeast, with most of the back acreage in view. You might be able to make out our shooting spot toward the back middle of the image, near the closest trees and before the wood line. It’s to the right of the fishpond.

Of course, this article is published on Resurrection Sunday (“Easter” to most folks). Yesterday, I noticed the wind increasing and the small clouds, which brought today’s rain. So, here I “sot” (as Dad would say) writing.

By some twist of logic, the “govrmint” thinks that closing churches to face-to-face worship but not grocery stores, liquor stores, and so forth is wise. I hear that some preachers have been arrested or threatened with arrest, for practicing the God-given right to worship, in a face-to-face congregational gathering.

I understand “illegal” church assemblies. We held them in Russia, during our time there, from 1994 to 1999, when the Russian Orthodox Church used the Russian government to try to restrict us. They lost. God won. We were on God’s side. Stay on God’s side. He is the majority. Even if you stand alone, you are in the majority. I hope to get around to writing about the coronavirus, now called the COVID-19 virus, soon, maybe later today.

Oh, by the way, I have big news! The birthday of my brother, closest to me in age, was on 4/9/2020, Thursday. It was a remote work day for me. We played phone tag a couple of times. Today, I finally reached him by phone! We talked about 45 minutes, starting at 4 PM! His family and he are enduring the “COVID-19 insanity” well enough. He remembered how “Gator” saved his life, when we hiked Devil’s Nose, back in the 1970’s. He has phone numbers for “Gator” now. I’m glad that they will be reconnecting.

House Mt. #168, 4/10/2020: Good Friday & Mother-in-Law's Birth Date (published 4-12-2020)

On Good Friday, being off from work, I had to do what I did, since I still have power in my body. (The will in my spirit will be present, even after my physical death, when I’ll hike heaven’s mountains!)

The birthday anniversary of my mother-in-law, who has gone Home, was the same day. House Mountain hike #168 was in her honor. Of course, as a free American, the parking area closure was not relevant. Mrs. Appalachian Irishman drove me to and from “my mountain” in the car. (Apologies to my new, ol' truck!)

Enjoy the photographs!

 

This is a bit blurry. Sorry! I've taken better photographs at this spot! This is on the ridge trail, heading east, after I’d already climbed the west trail, to the west bluff, which took me 34 minutes. Just as I started up the west trail, I met a family, going up as well. The parents had a young son, who was hiking with two walking sticks that were braced to his arms. Their son’s nickname was “Big John.” Big John, about age eight, was doing fine, and I told him so! Never give up! I know.

This is going up a rocky area that I know very well. I’m getting close to the upper middle bluff now. I’d passed the lower middle bluff.

On 12/25/2013, Christmas Day, hike #99, while I was alone and near the lower middle bluff, I spoke, by cell phone, with a fine man, who owns property on the north side of the mountain. A game warden and he had been at the lower middle bluff a day or so before. With credibility, he stated that they both saw and heard a panther near this location, which I have passed through many times since.

 

Ah, I'm at the upper middle bluff, looking west. The west bluff, where I timed my hike up, is visible. The weather was cool enough and sunny. This Appalachian Irishman had his prayer and worship time with the Good Lord, again, as usual. Remember, in the long term, the “good, bad, and ugly” (with an apology to Clint Eastwood) will be placed into everlasting perspective, once we get Home! Again, I concluded that it was better for God to have created than not to have created. Do you wonder what I mean? You may understand. If not, ask me sometime!

 

Mrs. Appalachian Irishman awaited me, after my hike, to the right of this photograph. She was in the car, at the side of the road. A few vehicles are parked farther to the upper right of this image and are not visible. I did meet a few brave Americans who, in defiance of the governor’s unconstitutional order, hiked as free citizens anyway! Yes, we exchanged sarcastic barbs! Stay free!

This is a view of part of the “govrmint” attempt to prevent free people from hiking freely, in the woods that never close! One cannot park in the upper or lower parking areas, but one can hike! The woods cannot be closed!

4/5/2020, SUNDAY, UPDATE (published 4-6-2020)

Well, howdy, y’all, to my “millions” of readers! Okay, I’m a day late, posting on 4/6/2020. I man had to eat supper last evening!

Three weeks have passed. I know that you have been “sitting on pins and needles” awaiting the next entry. At long last, here it is! Enjoy!

3/16/2020, Monday, Mrs. Appalachian started her work-at-home, every now and then, reality, as a vice-principal/teacher, while Sevier County Schools are closed indefinitely, due to coronavirus, or, as it’s being called nowadays, COVID-19 virus. At first, the school closure was two weeks only. Well, we’ll see if face-to-face classes start this fall!

3/17/2020, St. Patrick’s Day, a fine day for any Irishman: after my work-a-day, a fine friend, since grade school, nicknamed Gator, called! We haven’t talked or visited in a few years. His wife and he are in my hometown now! Great! (Oh, 3/17/2020 was also every-four-week chiropractic “fine tune” appointment, for both of us, as usual.)

On 3/21/2020, Saturday, “Gator” drove down here to visit us! His wife decided to stay home. We visited, drank coffee, and talked, as two mountain men do, for about three hours! As long as “Gator” and his wife are nearby, we’ll see more of each other now! Afterward, in anticipation of starting to work at home, I purchased and brought home an L-shaped desk, and a couple of other items, to start working at home.

3/22,28,29/2020 (Sunday, Saturday, Sunday): the L-shaped desk, in the 33-step process to put together, is almost done! The missing bottom parts for two desk drawers are supposed to be on their way. I fought Office Depot/Max, by phone, until I was blue in the face, but I WON! Modern, robotic, insufficiently staffed, “customer support” is NOT what it should be nowadays!

3/24/2020, Tuesday, on my father-in-law’s 82^nd anniversary of his birth, was my LAST day driving the 16.4 miles one-way to the office, in Maynardvegas! Utilizing a borrowed card table for three days, I have been and am working at home, since 3/25/2020! It’s much easier to walk a few steps from my bathroom to my home office than to drive to/from work, passing, to/from, the crossroad, where, on 3/29/2016, the dip wad, age 18, uninsured girl failed to yield to my right of way.

Saturday, 4/4/2020, Mrs. Appalachian Irishman and I, in my new ol' truck, went to Lowe’s, very bravely, to purchase flowerbed stuff. Afterward, again, very bravely, we bought groceries at the IGA. Oh, yes, everyone was trying to stay six feet apart. Some were wearing masks. We were not. It was too warm! I suppose that we have survived!

Palm Sunday, 4/5/2020, my beloved House Mountain parking areas are CLOSED. Huge trailers and signs block the two parking areas! Thus, I had no hike #168 this afternoon! I thought about parking on the shoulder, to hike anyway. No one can close the woods! Wisdom dictated, however, that an officer might place a ticket on my ol' truck windshield or toe him off, while I was in the woods. Instead, my ol' truck had a Gibbs wash, and I helped Mrs. Appalachian Irishman with her front porch flowerbed work. Oh, by the way, Molly LOVES her new front porch flowerbed resting spot! She did a job on the immaculate work that Mrs. Appalachian Irishman had done! Good doggy!

My next article will focus on the coronavirus/COVID-19 virus, in a historical perspective. Until then, I hope that this country doesn’t die economically, as we try to avoid a nasty common cold virus.

Supper time! Y’all keep turning right and going straight out there!