Well, of all the things I expected 2020 to bring, a pandemic was not on the list. I’m lucky. I live in a country with good government healthcare and in a city that went through SARS and learned from the experience. I don’t have to worry about missing work and a good number of things I actually enjoy doing involve sitting on a couch. My trip to Spain is now unlikely to happen but I should be able to get most of my money back and Spain, having endured for centuries, will still be there.

Please be sensible, be careful, and think about the people you love who are at risk from this illness. Read a book. Read several. I know a few good ones….