Ok, no, we're not tossing the masks anytime soon, thx
Hello, Reader’s All!
Aren’t we all so glad that that nasty, inconvenient virus is over with? Now we can all crowd back to the beaches and the bars and the bathhouses and.......screeching halt! WTF are they thinking? These maskless wonders all keen to get haircuts and tattoos? Just because they haven’t yet had the experience of morgue trucks lined up because there were too many dead people for the morgue to handle they seem to think it’s all clear now.
No.
While we have a few too many tough guys (and women) up here in our neighborhood who sneer at masks, on a recent saunter through Central Park down by 96th Street it was encouraging to see about 80% of people wearing masks and wearing them correctly. We saw those morgue trucks lined up. We’re not going anywhere. Fix your own damned economy, Goldman Sachs.
Get your buddy Bezos in on the action while you’re at it.

Erm, Mister Bezos? The Virus Here. | by Remington Write | Plan-B Vibe | Medium
Can we talk?
If there are any doubters about the reality of our situation, talk to these professionals and then decide if you’re ready to ditch the mask:

The Nurses and CNAs of Bellevue. You want to talk frontline! | by Remington Write | Medium
You want to talk frontline!
As it’s beginning to look like this virus isn’t going anywhere and as the response from on high has been abysmally lacking in anything resembling effectiveness or simple common sense, I wonder if I’m among one of the last generations to have had it good?

Born in a Sweet Spot. How guilty should I be feeling right… | by Remington Write | The Partnered Pen | Medium
How guilty should I be feeling right now?
Moving to fiction, here’s a look at what two very different brothers might consider a....happy ending.

Happy Endings. You know where you can shove that… | by Remington Write | Literally Literary | Medium
You know where you can shove that, right?
And here’s AleXander’s contribution to the newsletter this week (thank you, AleXander!).

Consequences Of Coincidence. Disorientation Vignette (in Flukes… | by aleXander hirka | Medium
Disorientation Vignette (in Flukes Minor)
Lest anyone think I’m slipping (anyone who usually expects to receive this newsletter on Tuesday, that is), let the record show that I had it ready to send last night, ok at 2am, but last night nevertheless. Halfway through compiling it, we realized we’d lost connectivity and it turned out that our internet provider was doing “system maintenance”. Oh well, we tried.
So, the sun is shining and we’ll probably have to go out later. Masked.
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Until next week, write on! Or read on, as your preferences run.
RW