JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #2

I have to begin with an apology and a correction. In my last post, I misreported the date of Karen Wessel Marcus’s death as Sunday, May 3. It was actually Monday, May 4. During this pandemic, the days have lost their distinctiveness. Half the time, I don’t know if its...

JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR #1

JOURNAL OF A PLAGUE YEAR This will be the first of periodic blogs I plan to post during the pandemic of 2019-2020. May 6, 2020 — Karen Wessel Marcus, my wife, Leslie’s, best friend since sixth grade, died of the Coronavirus Sunday night at 9:16 p.m. Eastern time. Her...