Quiet Easter -- Then the Family Checks In

4/21/2019

Western PA: Halfway between NY and IL, couple crossed Roberto Clemente Bridge to catch a ball game.

After months of home-repair madness, it was a treat to spend a quiet Easter at home. Then the pinging began on the phone.

Long Island Sound: The Yapper was taking a walk in the soft spring air.

I was puttering around, trying to restore order from the detritus of repairs. Marianne made a delicious vegetable-and-chicken soup.

New England: Easter Egg Atelier checks in

WNYC-FM was playing weekly jazz show. Two versions of "April in Paris," first by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, then by Count Basie ("one more -- once") Homage to the stricken Cathedral de Notre-Dame. Mel Torme. Bob Dylan. An American blues singer acing a song. Not American, my wife said. It's Adele. As always, she was right.

Georgia: Aunt and niece bump into each other in the mall. Aunt helps niece select a dress for a dance.

Deepest PA: Enjoying spring sunshine -- with warm boost.

Upstate New York: Real-estate mogul has some planting done

The Fellas at Ye Olde Easter Parade -- Diane was there.

Hansen Alexander

4/21/2019 07:10:43 pm

How delightful, George, And Happy Easter to you and Marianne. And thanks for the shared photos.

George Vecsey

4/21/2019 08:17:04 pm

Hansen, thank you so much. I hope you and Taube had a good day, wherever you are. GV

Mendel

4/22/2019 03:21:27 am

Nothing quite like family, George. Best wishes from Jerusalem.

Altenir Silva

4/22/2019 10:26:24 pm

Dear George, I agree with every word that Mendel said.
"Nothing quite like family!"
Best wishes from Rio de Janeiro.

bruce

4/23/2019 03:40:55 pm

george,

good one.

perhaps adele had some blue eyed depth because her marriage had just broken up.

bruce

George Vecsey

4/23/2019 06:58:33 pm

Bruce, that is just what my wife said. I was thinking Nancy Wilson, somebody like that. GV

bruce

4/23/2019 09:00:41 pm

george,

loved Nancy Wilson.

bruce

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---Vic Caretti, 47, whose father recently died of Covid at 85.
---From an article by Paula Span, who covers old age for the NYT, which currently has 2646 comments, the majority criticizing the American public – and public officials – for acting as if the pandemic is “over.”
Classic wishful thinking, at a lethal level.
Please see:
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