The Corona saga
Viewing comments for Chapter 73 "Come and Gone again"to keep my sanity in time of pandemic
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Comment from Rosemary Everson1
It sounds like Santa was good to you this last holiday even though your husband was painting your bedroom. Thank God for love ones who brought you some goodies....
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It sounds like Santa was good to you this last holiday even though your husband was painting your bedroom. Thank God for love ones who brought you some goodies....
Comment Written 24-Apr-2021
Comment from Dana Starr
Good job. I related to a lot of what you wrote. My favorite line: You eat what you sow, brother! Coronella confuses me. I'm not sure what that means. I assume you're writing about COVID.
reply by the author on 02-Jan-2021
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Good job. I related to a lot of what you wrote. My favorite line: You eat what you sow, brother! Coronella confuses me. I'm not sure what that means. I assume you're writing about COVID.
Comment Written 30-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 02-Jan-2021
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Hi Dana, Coronella it's indeed Covid and thank you for reading and reviewing and encouraging me with this piece.
Comment from Ric Myworld
I bet there are many households going through the same pressures throughout these times. In Cincinnati, where I live, homicides are up 115% during the pandemic. And I'm betting drug use, divorce, abuse, and suicides aren't far behind. We can only hope the vaccines work, don't kill us all, and for those who have to look at the same face or faces all the time, they can get outside and away before something happens to them. LOL. Thanks for sharing. I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and the New Year just gets better and better!
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I bet there are many households going through the same pressures throughout these times. In Cincinnati, where I live, homicides are up 115% during the pandemic. And I'm betting drug use, divorce, abuse, and suicides aren't far behind. We can only hope the vaccines work, don't kill us all, and for those who have to look at the same face or faces all the time, they can get outside and away before something happens to them. LOL. Thanks for sharing. I hope you had a Merry Christmas, and the New Year just gets better and better!
Comment Written 30-Dec-2020
Comment from RetroStarfish
Nice rant. You do tell a funny story and I can just imagine your frustration when your husband decides to pain the bedroom on Christmas day.
Only one grammar error jumped out at me: "I am too busy to mending other's people feelings." should be I am too busy to mend...
I thought "go Nachos" and "Mother T" were very clever lines.
My biggest issue was in the first paragraph and your assertion that the birth of Christ was banned, or erased. There's some nuance here, but the birth of Christ cannot be erased or even banned because we still believe it happened. What is banned is the celebration of the birth of Christ, because churches were closed. And even that is iffy, because there's nothing to stop people from celebrating by themselves.
I'm glad that you are working out your frustrations by writing, because you are talented and your stories are fun to read.
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Nice rant. You do tell a funny story and I can just imagine your frustration when your husband decides to pain the bedroom on Christmas day.
Only one grammar error jumped out at me: "I am too busy to mending other's people feelings." should be I am too busy to mend...
I thought "go Nachos" and "Mother T" were very clever lines.
My biggest issue was in the first paragraph and your assertion that the birth of Christ was banned, or erased. There's some nuance here, but the birth of Christ cannot be erased or even banned because we still believe it happened. What is banned is the celebration of the birth of Christ, because churches were closed. And even that is iffy, because there's nothing to stop people from celebrating by themselves.
I'm glad that you are working out your frustrations by writing, because you are talented and your stories are fun to read.
Comment Written 30-Dec-2020
Comment from thaities, Rebecca V.
This is a very interesting post. I enjoyed the Romanian Christmas tradition and what each part means. Your description of the cleansing swim is just what I need!
reply by the author on 29-Dec-2020
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This is a very interesting post. I enjoyed the Romanian Christmas tradition and what each part means. Your description of the cleansing swim is just what I need!
Comment Written 28-Dec-2020
reply by the author on 29-Dec-2020
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I am happy that you find your peace in the swim too:) mine is mostly floating and dancing in the water:)
Comment from royowen
A friend of my dear wife with 9 kids asked Elaine to contact a Hungarian lady friend friend who is a patisserie baker, to make a cake called "Dobrosh" (don't know how to spell it) so you tell your husband I'm a friend of yours to stop picking on you. Well done, blessings, Roy
Typo : (Up us) us up?
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A friend of my dear wife with 9 kids asked Elaine to contact a Hungarian lady friend friend who is a patisserie baker, to make a cake called "Dobrosh" (don't know how to spell it) so you tell your husband I'm a friend of yours to stop picking on you. Well done, blessings, Roy
Typo : (Up us) us up?
Comment Written 28-Dec-2020
Comment from Robert Zimmerman
Hello Iza.
I understand your fatigue with how the world is operating these days. It is discouraging and we have to look for ways to have some joy. God is the right place to look for joy. We just have to believe His promises I think.
On Dec 22 I posted "Tribulation" which is a sonnet about the virus and how we must be strong in our faith. I also have one posted yesterday called "Seeking Freedom." They are both about faith and tough times.
Robert
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Hello Iza.
I understand your fatigue with how the world is operating these days. It is discouraging and we have to look for ways to have some joy. God is the right place to look for joy. We just have to believe His promises I think.
On Dec 22 I posted "Tribulation" which is a sonnet about the virus and how we must be strong in our faith. I also have one posted yesterday called "Seeking Freedom." They are both about faith and tough times.
Robert
Comment Written 28-Dec-2020
Comment from Katherine M. (k-11)
The best part of this story comes in the first paragraph in my humble opinion, where everything we are missing is detailed convincingly. After that it rambles a bit and the depth of detail is a bit variable.
However, its interesting that you feel that the end of the virus will soon be upon us, I am not sure we have enough information for that affirmation, but optimism is always welcome.
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The best part of this story comes in the first paragraph in my humble opinion, where everything we are missing is detailed convincingly. After that it rambles a bit and the depth of detail is a bit variable.
However, its interesting that you feel that the end of the virus will soon be upon us, I am not sure we have enough information for that affirmation, but optimism is always welcome.
Comment Written 28-Dec-2020
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
A very well-written Christmas story and I think we are all on the edge of self destruction with this forced isolation and the nerves are getting prickly.
a few typos picked up
I am too busy to mending other's people feelings(other people's feelings)
Why did she lock up us(us up) in the house with people
Christmas dinner, how I am(am I) supposed to arrange for that,
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A very well-written Christmas story and I think we are all on the edge of self destruction with this forced isolation and the nerves are getting prickly.
a few typos picked up
I am too busy to mending other's people feelings(other people's feelings)
Why did she lock up us(us up) in the house with people
Christmas dinner, how I am(am I) supposed to arrange for that,
Comment Written 28-Dec-2020
Comment from estory
There's a great feeling of perseverance here, as you have to navigate the coronavirus Christmas kooked up in your apartment getting painted, with no room to cook dinner and the cats underfoot. I liked the ending. See, our friends come through, the keep the old traditions, or the sense of them, alive for us. Interesting to hear about those Romanian traditions. We had ham a lot for Christmas, sometimes turkey, sometimes roast beef. Once a goose. My mother made lamb once for Easter. estory
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There's a great feeling of perseverance here, as you have to navigate the coronavirus Christmas kooked up in your apartment getting painted, with no room to cook dinner and the cats underfoot. I liked the ending. See, our friends come through, the keep the old traditions, or the sense of them, alive for us. Interesting to hear about those Romanian traditions. We had ham a lot for Christmas, sometimes turkey, sometimes roast beef. Once a goose. My mother made lamb once for Easter. estory
Comment Written 28-Dec-2020