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I’m pulling a mask (homemade) over my brain for one day… after a brief scan of more awful news from around our suffering planet:
- Hunger Protests and looting have broken out around South Africa.
- U.S. Food Supply Chain Is Strained as Virus Spreads
- Coronavirus broke the global food supply chain. It may never recover
Together, at Home
Then there's Together, at Home, the effort by Global Citizen to recognize healthcare workers, support stay-at-home and lockdown orders/requests, and to come together as one people across the globe.
Latest research on virus
- Antibody study suggests coronavirus is far more widespread than previously thought
- Coronavirus: five months on, what scientists now know about Covid-19
- The coronavirus outbreak is part of the climate change crisis
Global confirmed infections: 2,329,655
Global confirmed dead: 160,721
US confirmed infections: 735,086
Next closest number of confirmed infections: Spain with 194,416
Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
I donned waders and climbed into the pond to clear out the ubiquitous spear-like leaves of the yucca aloifolia.Turns out this plant is indigenous, not to South Africa, but to the US Atlantic and Gulf Coasts.
While in the pond, I thinned pond weed, plucked another batch of the pest invasive lilies, and checked for goldfish. Nine days... and I’ve spotted not one.
Hope springs eternal.
Mother Nature smiled.
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