MUSINGS ON A DAY IN ISOLATION
Poor Georgie’s Almanack: Wed. July 22, 2020
Musings on yesterday, another day in a long string of CoVid-19 inspired isolation.
- Had a long phone conversation with an Auto Insurance agent. I Was trying to lower my payment since we only drive about 25 miles a week. The agent sounded like a 17-year-old girl. She ended with a 70-year-old expression. “Good-bye, Mr. Kroloff you’ve been swell.”
- After watching my wife Susan for about 5 minutes I asked, “What are you thinking, just looking straight ahead for so long?” Her answer. “I’m staring at the chair.” I decided it was best not to ask a follow-up question.
- Later I talked with one of my favorite retired spies. He asked if there will be Presidential Debates this year. I am a historian, so told him I’d have an answer in November. He is the one who predicts the future. Everything is mixed up.
- Last week I posted an essay titled, “WHAT IF GOD IS A STRING?” It covered a lot of territory including my stay in a hospital just down the hall from Covid wards. I should have added a couple sentences regarding how different religions, clans, countries and tribes have developed their own unique “origin” or “creation” stories. Today, a large clan of scientists who study cosmology is creating a modern epic about the formation of the universe. It is called “The Big Bang.” Coincidentally, cosmic creation begins just like the Islam, Hebrew, and Christian Bibles. They tell us that In the beginning there was nothing and then there was everything. It is the same thing but different.
- It also occurred to me that every day in isolation is Wednesday.
