The Chains of A COVID Kitten

The Chains of A COVID Kitten

Two and a half years ago (and a few months after our last cat, Olivier, died of nasal lymphoma) my wife and I adopted a little black kitten named Roo ( short for Rousseau). This was just before the COVID pandemic kicked in, and it meant that for the first year of...

My Personal Covid Story

My direct, personal Covid story is rather dull. I am vaccinated and boosted, and due to my age and weight, I am in a moderately high-risk group. Unfortunately, the night before an important (but non-urgent) hip replacement, I received the results of a pre-op Covid...

Perspective

I have just been informed of another delay—thanks to Covid—in getting a much-needed surgery. The details aren’t important. What’s important is that if my personal Covid Pandemic Story turns out to be that I had a semi-elective surgery delayed by a month...
Why I Don’t Pilot 777s

Why I Don’t Pilot 777s

Whenever I fly from London to Seattle, I usually end up on a British Airways Boeing 777. The flights are for the most part uneventful, but invariably about three-quarters of the way over the Atlantic, we usually experiences some turbulence. I dislike turbulence, so...