100,000

People continue to die of Covid-19 every day.  The United States is one of the world's hotspots in this pandemic, despite the fabricated claims of our incompetent President.

Last month, when the death toll reached 100,000, I made a memorial book for the dead.  Most died alone, in isolation, without the comfort of family and friends.  This little book is a reminder of who they were...mothers, fathers, family, friends, and neighbors.  Here are some pages:

WHAT I DID DURING THE PANDEMIC by Donald J. Trump

The coronavirus emerged four months ago in the United States, and today we attain the gruesome statistic of more than 100,000 Americans dead from Covid-19.  That's more than the number of Americans who died in the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Iraq War and the Afghanistan War, combined.  We are the planetary hot spot and the death toll continues to rise.

In honor of this achievement, I'm sharing a little zine I made for family and friends  (I'd say "enjoy" it, but that's really not the right word, is it?)   In his own words:

The Age of Reason and Enlightenment is Over

"The Age of Reason" is the second book I’ve made while in isolation at home because of the Covid-19 global pandemic.  As I wrote the final text on April 19, 2020 at 4:30 pm, President Trump was on my television continuing his practice of lambasting journalists at his daily press conference and congratulating himself over and over on his incredible performance as President of the Greatest Nation on Earth.  At that moment there were more than 746,300 active confirmed cases across the United States (the highest total of any nation on earth).  Worldwide, more than two million people were infected with the virus. People were (and are) dying all over the world and my President was busy stroking his ego with his tiny little hands.

This book was created from two damaged Victorian-era photo albums.  I grafted the celluloid cover from one album onto the interior photo block of another and created additional photo mats to match the wonderfully detailed pages from one of the albums.  The album contains 10 cabinet cards (altered with collage and paint), several antique memorial cards, and a series of seven text cards:

The age of Reason and Enlightenment is over.
The time of Peace and Harmony is terminated.
The culture that valued creativity and originality has changed its mind.
The time for Reflection and Contemplation is no more.
All feelings of Love and Trust are cancelled.
Calmness and Serenity are gone.
The days of Innocence and Goodness are forgotten.

What COVID-19 Has Taught Us

Debutantes Taking Precautions

A few lessons learned from this Pandemic:

1.  We have the worst possible President at the worst possible time.

2.  Ordinary people are often the most heroic.

3.  If it can happen, someday it will.

4.  Many rich people have no souls.

5.  Facts matter.

6.  Science matters.

7.  Jeans can easily be worn for at least six days.

8.  We don't know what we don't know.

Wednesday in the Pandemic

Mona 4

There is a bird

on my balcony

I have been sitting

in this chair

for more than 3 hours

playing games

with a robot

the bird is gone.