A deadly virus sweeps across the American nation and the world. There is no vaccine, no cure available. The only protections there are come as non-pharmaceutical strategies: quarantine, hand washing, use of disinfectants, wearing protective masks and limitations of public gatherings. These restrictions are unpopular and applied unevenly. Volunteers making gauze masks There is violence... Continue Reading →
Shaken, Yet Stirred
I have been listening carefully and closely to the Digital Concerts of my home city orchestra, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. We are very fortunate here in Detroit, as our DSO has been growing its capacity to broadcast on the internet for quite a long time. High resolution cameras were recently added, and the superb acoustics... Continue Reading →
Momento Mori
Imagine a disease running unchecked through society, infecting everyone without regard to age or social status. A person could be fine in the morning, feverish and bedridden by the afternoon, and dying a painful death in less than 48 hours. Entire families are wiped out, villages are left with few survivors. Each day, in all... Continue Reading →