Awareness

Ground Zero

The year 2020 started pretty much as a copy of most years -- life as normal, not too many complications just a few minor medical issues, a planned trip to the Outer Banks in April and a Summer gathering with family from Missouri, Rhode Island and North Carolina at our home place in the mountains. Then came Covid-19!

At first a bit of info about an outbreak of a new Corona Virus in China, then Korea, then Japan, Italy, Iran, France, England and then Washington State. The close quartered and mostly sealed environments of Cruise Ships and Aircraft provided mobile petri-dishes that grew and distributed the virus. People started dying and case numbers started growing exponentially and, in the second week of March, people began to notice and many were afraid. Stores were stripped of needed supplies and food and anything from the latest rumor of preventive measures.

March 13 (a Friday this year) began my wake up and a week later I began this blog.

Mary and I have begun our self imposed isolation - no gathering with friends, neighbors or family. Our club activities of Silver Sneakers (senior exercise 35 people),  card group (7 people), weekly Linksters golf, Knitting group, VFW activities, Tellico Connection Bluegrass group ---- All cancelled or deemed unsafe by us or the various authorities.

There are thousands of blogs and news sites that will tell you what you need to know about this virus among us, this one will tell you about us Mary and Richard and life in our little round house in Tennessee.

We are two retired early 70's people trying to find our way in a new reality,  "Living Under the Sword of Covid-19."

Please come along for this journey.