Remembrance Of Things Past

 More important than ever, those memories. It appears that Covid infection provides five months of immunity. I wonder whether vaccination will be able to provide more than that? One thing is clear: Covid will not be eradicated. Influenza has not been eradicated. No one has ever been able to eradicate any coronavirus, which constantly mutates. But let's not even consider future mutations because that is simply too grim to contemplate. Let's make the reasonable assumption that vaccination confers immunity for a limited amount of time, and then reinfection is possible. We know that Covid produces varying degrees of collateral damage in those who "recover". The damage is quite severe and debilitating in something like 10 to 20% of cases. You have a variety of circulatory issues and in some cases brain damage. Many victims are weakened. Reinfection under such circumstances must carry a higher mortality risk. If not mortality, then certainly MORE long term damage. How long can this go on? The spread might be slowed by vaccination but it seems reasonable to suppose that eventually most, if not all, of the human population will have been exposed. And then re-exposed, re-infected, accumulating more and more damage, until-- 

Memories!

It seems to me that people who need people are among the unluckiest of people today. I'm so happy to have my memories of a pre-covid life. And, of course, a pre-trump life, before the mass psychosis appeared. 

Memories.

Still Living In The Past

 It's the best place to be right now. Winter wonderland time in Lubbock. First order of business this morning was checking on the animals and feeding them. Water is no problem. Nice to see the terrorists getting arrested, losing their jobs, facing fines and criminal charges. The Orange Asshole will end his days in an orange jumpsuit. Or maybe in a psychiatric hospital. There aren't enough high security prisons to hold his minions, but Gitmo is still open... you could liken the trump cult to a bunch of lemmings with suicide vests. Please, guzzle down the cyanide laced punch and get it over with. Remember, suicide is painless, and it brings on many changes...

Meanwhile, I just want to live in the past, before the twin plagues, the one that began in 2016, and the one that followed, in 2020. 

It's interesting that both plaques seem to be associated with brain damage.

A Closer Look At Where I've Been

 One of Peter Straub's characters says something profound, and this is a paraphrase: "There really is another world. It's this one." How do you see that other world? Look very closely at this one.

I think that's what I've been trying to do with my poor photographic efforts: find that other world.

So, for a time, I'll be taking these closer looks. 

Rambling Through The Past

 Meanwhile, we can hope and pray that this country will be at last purged and cleansed of its feeble-minded racist trash. There are some indications that the Orange Asshole is preparing to flee the country. It would be better to see that malignant piece of shit face justice, but as long as IT is gone...

Ahhh, random images from the lost days of yore, before the rise of madness!

Maybe we could add antipsychotic meds to the public water supplies in tRump country?

For that matter, so is everyone who still supports him. Unless of course they are batshit crazy. In that case they are simply mentally incompetent, and unable to commit a crime, by reason of insanity.

Lubbock

 But Austin is probably the best place to live in Texas. Yes, the legislature is pretty much a shithole, and rural and small town Texas is pretty much a backward shithole, cities like Lubbock and Amarillo are infested with right wing lunatics, but Austin is what all of Texas should be: progressive. Liberal. Diverse. Smart. For the most part. Lubbock does have some good qualities. It isn't all bad. If it was ALL bad I'd move to Austin.

After, this there will be an extended period of wandering around in Memory Lane. Taking a close look at where I've been.