“You’re Fired!"

© Illustration: Chris Riddell 

Photo essay: Americans celebrate the incoming 46th president  

News blues…

Brace yourself! Trump “is not going to accept defeat — he is psychologically incapable of that….” 

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While the current US president nurses his ego, Covid-19 blossoms.  
The current tally for confirmed infections around the world? Fifty million! And more than one and a quarter million dead. The United States still leads in numbers: 10 million confirmed infections and close to quarter million dead.
South Africa’s infections are resurging too.  
Isn’t it beyond time for a real, functional, implementable plan?
That plan must address “virus/ pandemic/ lockdown fatigue” – a term so amorphous that it’s difficult to address - other than, “suck it up - or run the real risk of dying a miserable death!”

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The Lincoln Project: Dawn  (0:55 mins)
Meidas Touch: Bye Don: Joe Biden Elected President of the United States (1:44 mins)

Meanwhile, back at the ranch…

Talking about lockdown fatigue… I, too, suffer this malady. Seldom at a loss for things to do, these pandemic-driven days, I – like many others - have more time than usual on my hands. The things I’d like to do – find and settle into a ceramic studio, join outdoor hiking and bird watching groups – all include other people. And other people include the potential of contracting Covid-19. With my mother living amid other elderly at-risk people, going on outings feel like an unaffordable luxury during a surging pandemic.
I, like the rest of the humans around the world, need a viable strategy to stimulate both mind and body and stay safe. Pandemic life is complicated.