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I see dead people

Famous phrase that made 'The Sixth Sense' a hit movie 20 years ago. I was reminded of that after I started seeing things myself. Due to the covid no less. Below are some examples of what I see .... Distant mountain peaks hitherto hidden behind smog People walking at all odd hours, of all walks of life, of all ages and ethnicities  Open roads Long lines at stores to buy essentials People walking with masks on More birds in the trees (that could be me just hallucinating)  Media repeating itself each night (actually that seems to be in line with what most networks do - just that now every third word is Covid) People Zooming (more in cyberspace than in their cars)  Acts of kindness More art (glue and glitter to chalk and paint with the cars, roads and driveways as canvas) Price gouging More Amazon delivery trucks Myself writing more (if you call this writing)!

Its all over!

Well now let's not be fatalistic. Didn't someone say its not over till its over?  Okay so we are past the milestone of the American electorate voting for a new leader.  CEO of the USA or the newest POTUS. It was a time for many firsts.  In some ways it could be summarized as Slovenia 1 - Pundits 0.  As in the newest FLOTUS is from a foreign country that many on the planet may not have heard of.   Slovenia.  A dot in the south of Europe.   Maybe Trump had not either till he met her at a Fashion Show.  Having Mr. and Mrs. Trump be the First People was not what the pundits thought.   All the pundits that forecast the future were wrong. More analysis reveals that it would be the first prez that has no political background.  First prez who had multiple marriages before he was elected to office.  I have not researched this but likely the first prez who has a wife 25 years younger than him.  Fast forward to the end of his term an...