Warning: This week’s pics might make you hungry. I’ve been busy in the test kitchen.
Such is life during summer produce season.
I’m still plotting more zucchini dishes.
As pandemic fatigue continues, today brings news that Ohio’s governor has tested positive for COVID-19.
Well then.
Which begs the question … if we can’t keep the governor virus-free, what hope is there for the rest of us? The Buckeye state will be scratching our heads (but not touching our faces, lol!) and processing the news for a few days.
I have noticed a couple things just lately while out and about.
Serial below-the-nose mask wearers are wandering around public spaces. For those who pull down their mask to speak … you’re doing it wrong. For those who sit at a large gathering with your mask below your nose the entire time … you’re doing it wrong.
Talk through your mask. I’ll hear you just fine. I get that it’s uncomfortable. I get that glasses fog up – I wear readers. I’m constantly pulling them up and down and perching them back on top of my head while in a store so I can read labels and my phone. (And I wipe them down with an antibacterial wipe when I’m back in my car.)
The other phenomenon I noticed is people seem to think mask wearing gives them license to violate the six foot rule.
No. Just no.
It is, in fact, extra important to be wearing a mask if you can’t maintain six feet of distance between you and someone who’s not a member of your quarantine family. I guess that message might be easily misinterpreted and extrapolated.
I get that we’ll all maybe apply the guideline a little loosely at times (and we’ll forget at times), especially when outdoors with a breeze or when not hanging out for long.
Some folks might need reminded, though, that transmission is minimized when both wearing a mask and keeping at least six feet apart.
The world is so weary right now. Everyone take a socially distanced deep breath and … exhale.
I saw a good post this week mentioning Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Does anyone else harbor some guilt or regret over not having read a book a week, completed all craft projects on your want-to-do list, or accomplished all your 2020 goals since March? Take a look at the chart over at that link. If you can’t even keep your house stocked with toilet paper, soap, and antibacterial wipes … there’s no way to give time and attention to living your best life.
Socially distanced deep breath and … exhale.
Okay, great.
Maybe a better question to ask than “How can I get all of this done?” is, “What is God teaching me during this time?”
So all of us who have had that veil removed can see and reflect the glory of the Lord. And the Lord—who is the Spirit—makes us more and more like him as we are changed into his glorious image. ~2 Corinthians 3:18 (NLT)
A friend mentioned 2 Corinthians 3:18 yesterday. Really you should just go read the whole chapter. I like the NLT for this one.
Everyone hang in there.
Until next week … peace out, girl scouts.
