NOT Black April

The next two or three weeks...are going to be rough; likely making the last two weeks feel like a Donny & Marie birthday party. Keep moving and stay busy, even with the smallest of projects, and always keep in mind what you can do for someone else. Helping someone else get through this will help you, just as much. Believe...

Do the right thing...WIC & SNAP benefits come to low-income families at the first of the month and there will be a surge as these families redeem them.

Many of these families' kitchens were depleted more quickly because children are staying home from school and some families are going hungry right now. Let's give these families space to shop and please respect their needs by not buying items with a WIC shelf tag unless you absolutely need them. Thanks...

John Mayer - Head Dead...to help keep our minds alert and filled with new, enjoyable, experiences, the next installment of Dead & Company‘s One More Saturday Night free livestream replay series, features a show from the band’s 2018 summer tour. Full-show pro-shot video of Dead & Company’s June 30, 2018 concert at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, Oregon will air this Saturday, April 4 at 8 p.m. ET via the JamBase Livestreams Calendar, nugs.tv and YouTube...



Musical second act...many of you that requested recordings from my digital library (and those of you who may still), to pass the Corvid time, suggested I put a form on the library page ( https://www.dennisjonesphotography.com/music-library ) and bypass the email thing. Good idea, and I'll have it up by noon tomorrow - Thursday, 4-2 (my thanks to Brad, Hillary, Thom, Peter, and Dianna for the great idea)...

Thought for the day Pt.1..."If you have a glass of wine in each hand, you can't touch your face"...

Fun Facts...Did you know that in 1665, the University of Cambridge temporarily closed due to the bubonic plague? Isaac Newton was forced to work from home, and he used his time to develop calculus and the theory of gravity.  You never know what amazing results will come out of this viral mess...Fast Forward...On February 26, 2020, the President announced we had 15 cases of the coronavirus, which in a few days would be down to zero. Today, 33 days later, there are 209,015 reported cases, with 4,657 reported American deaths. Not exactly a fun fact, but one can't exactly pass this off as a typo. And for those who have been whining about how mean everyone is being to President Bonespurs, now that is pretty funny...

Dons represent!!!...School chum Pam Rutledge is using her “shelter time” to...make strawberry jam! Of course it helps if one has a slew of strawberry plants nestled somewhere on the three acres of their digs on the red neck side of the Altamont, but hey, I just hope she remembers my address! (I’ve sampled her family’s cooking talents, and I’m gonna bet the farm this jam is the BOMB!!!)...

Thought for the day Pt.2..."Once a day, especially now, each of us should ask ourselves, "How can I be of help to someone else; someone who's not as lucky as I am..."

Head Papa Poetry...Such beautiful thoughts from Pope Francis: 

“Tonight before falling asleep think about when we will return to the street. When we hug again, when all the shopping together will seem like a party.

Let's think about when the coffees will return to the bar, the small talk, the photos close to each other. We think about when it will be all a memory, but normality will seem an unexpected and beautiful gift.

We will love everything that has so far seemed futile to us. 

Every second will be precious.

Swims at the sea, the sun until late, sunsets, toasts, laughter.

We will go back to laughing together. Strength and courage"...

For the last few weeks...I've been wanting to watch "Remember the Titans"; that amazing film starring Denzel Washington and Will Patton, set in early seventies' south. Finally making the time last night, I didn't realize until half way through the film why I so desperately wanted to see it again. Set in the firestorm of school busing in Virginia, the coaches, players, and citizens were heavily divided. But, through example and self-reflection, were able to find a way to work through it all. I was brought to tears several times during the movie, and when it ended, I looked at Jenn and said, "This is how things are supposed to be. THIS is how we should be working and dealing with things today". Lord how I do miss the old days; days when we weren't afraid of education and didn't label people based on who they voted for in the last election; when we reached for the stars and built massive projects all while raising a generation of intelligent scientists and ground breaking, historic artists. I miss the days when we encourage and fought for and helped our neighbors, no matter what they looked like or where they came from. Lord, how I do miss America...

Until next time (and pardon the typos!),

Den