tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post7374492177208353402..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: My summer escapes, etc.Marly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-85441678360574773502020-09-29T10:28:03.631-04:002020-09-29T10:28:03.631-04:00Interesting. Perhaps there was a fascinating story...Interesting. Perhaps there was a fascinating story behind his mask-innocence. <br /><br />Africa and Covid19...another curious story. People were so fearful for Africa because of crowded townships, communal water, etc. I think they still have not figured out why African countries have done so well, at least until now--younger age of population, prior exposure to coronaviruses, temperatures? Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-17057942278779092432020-09-29T10:19:11.750-04:002020-09-29T10:19:11.750-04:00Mid-century was more the time when octagons bloome...Mid-century was more the time when octagons bloomed... I thought it interesting that there was an early one in such a rural area.<br /><br />People here are required to mask on several blocks of Main St. Otherwise, we are free to physically separate or carry a mask or whatever we choose. I expect it will be more important as winter comes on. The woolly bears are predicting a brutal winter...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-43406952899738209032020-09-29T00:50:12.789-04:002020-09-29T00:50:12.789-04:00I was at a secondhand bookstore in rural Maryland ...I was at a secondhand bookstore in rural Maryland a couple weeks ago when the teenager at the checkout counter was absolutely flustered by the customer in front of me: a seemingly guile-less fellow with an African accent who had no idea, even after all these months, that he was expected to wear a mask inside the store. He gratefully accepted the complimentary mask the store offered him and was Jeffhttp://www.quidplura.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-24426570521734584022020-09-28T21:22:05.067-04:002020-09-28T21:22:05.067-04:00I was about to instance the Octagon House in Washi...I was about to instance the Octagon House in Washington, DC, as an early octagon, but Wikipedia says that it has six sides. I've been in it at least once, and past it many times, but clearly I never counted sides.<br /><br />Our neighborhood is all but a cul de sac, with comparatively little auto traffic, so it is safe to or run in the street and give passers by a more than social distance. IGeorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14819154529261482038noreply@blogger.com