Mr.Gumby wrote:All this hasn't done much for the US' standing in the world, let's put it that way and leave it at that.
We're not
all braying idiots, if it's any consolation. We're just not the ones running things, if "running things" is even the right word for it.
What I find utterly repugnant are those who verbally abuse and even physically attack shop workers who ask customers to wear masks. These employees are just doing their jobs, as required of them. Businesses are private property, after all, and it's their right to require masks, and since almost every business in the States has a "No shirt, no shoes, no service" policy, and everyone's on board with that, what's so different about requiring masks during a health emergency? Well, we all know the answer to that one, don't we. And, of course, racism's been rearing its ugly head in those situations, too. No surprises there, either. One thing's for sure: people's true colors are coming out.
People are blaming stress for their acting out and abandoning prophylactic measures such as social distancing and masks, but it's hard for me to be sympathetic when they make it all about themselves. It's a very narcissistic point of view, and all I can say is I'm glad I wasn't brought up that way. There are a lot of folks in the US who seriously need to learn how to chill out and get over themselves.
My weather situation very much mirrors Tunborough's. But the birds are not only back, but in force, so I take comfort in that; last autumn I noticed that I hadn't heard any - ANY - birdsong whatsoever in quite a while - for all I knew it might have been all spring and summer as well until I finally noticed - and I was deeply troubled by the ongoing silence. So there's that positive note, anyway.
Due in large part to the pandemic, one of my fellow tenants has a wee little raised garden in the back of the property; she's growing veggies. I'm not the best gardener in the world, but I had to point out that you don't plant peas in June. Now she knows.
We'll probably have a zucchini plant spreading out over the yard like an octopus. That's "courgette" to you Right Ponders.
"If you take music out of this world, you will have nothing but a ball of fire." - Balochi musician