Judd Spitzer

Tag: corona

  • We are living through History

    Sure there are news clippings that will record things happening, and hopefully they will record this moment as we remember it. But we need to remember it in our own way. The news doesn’t live in your hometown. There is an editorialism of our view, and one day we will be told the way it was. Think of September 11th. What do you remember if you were alive then. What was it like in the first day, the first week, the first year?

    We need to be part of recording our own memories so we can tell this story. I have done in some ways a bad way, and in some ways a good way of recording some of the things. Facebook has been a place where people have complained and put memes up that have been entertaining. There is a lot of political controversy going on. I will stay away from that for the moment. But here in the city of Cocoa Beach, here are some photos.

    Beaches were closed, we did takeout food, and parking beach side was closed as well. We social distance keeping 6FT part from each other as much as possible, and we have worn face masks and some have worn gloves if they’ve had them. But we stay home and self quarantine.

    In many ways, memes have told the best stories, so here are a few that you may find funny, that we laughed about now, but may take an explanation 10 years from now. Who would believe these things.

    We have had St. Patrick’s Day, Cinco de Mayo and Mother’s Day all during this time period. We in Florida get ready to go into hurricane season, and if this continues, we may be in it during the 4th of July.

    Right now, we are starting to reopen the state, little by little. Many think this is a bad idea, as people just won’t be careful and they will spread the virus. So there will be two groups of people. Some that stay home, and some who will be out there.

    I’ll keep updating this as time goes on, at least once a week, to keep us mindful of things going on.

  • And here we are 2020

    I decided to add a real blog to my homepage after quite a few years not having an official blog here. I was using this just as a personal webpage. I decided that I need to document the history of things going on around me. After all, I did turn 50 in 2019, and after a half a century of living, I do have some thoughts about life that I would like to put out there.

    In 2 years, or 5 years, or 10 years, we will look back at the archives and read some person’s view of history. It is nice to have your own voice, your own memories to reflect on.

    So what has happened this year?

    2020 The Year of Dystopia. At least some people would have you believe that. I, along with most of the planet went into “Self-Quarantine” or Social Distancing as we called it in Mid-March. Some countries went sooner, and a few a little later. The reason for this was a virus that originated in the Wuhan province in China. This virus which we is a Corona type virus, attacks the lungs, and basically without proper treatment the suffer could die as many have.

    There are a lot of things that have happened in an attempt to stop the spread. I will attempt to keep things less political, however politics is difficult to be separated from.

    One thing in the last three years that has happened is that our country has become more and more divided in half. And instead of people working on compromising, they are digging their heels in and creating toxic environments on both sides of the political isle.

    Living in this time is as precarious as it has ever been. But I believe in hope, and the American Spirit, that is a uniting force that will get us through these difficult times, and once again we will return to a version of normalcy that we once remember. A time, filled with hugs and parties, and laughter and friends socializing together without fear of illness.

    I will try to update weekly from here on out.

    My Best,

    Judd