...and still I pray

  A Cautionary Tale: I will give you the moral first and you can read the story if you have the time. Moral: If you have been raised to believe that you should help one another every time you are given the chance, please consider in these pandemic times who might suffer if things go south.   The story.   A friend of mine understands that she is here on earth to help others.   Something we should all understand.   On Tuesday she took a friend to the Dentist.   He doesn’t drive and frequently   calls upon her to help him get to and fro.   She admits that part of the time she was not wearing her mask and was in the car which does not promote social distancing.   He was wearing a mask.   On Wednesday he awoke with a 102 degree fever and was taken to the doctor by a relative where he was COVID tested.   He was told he would have results in three days and also told to quarantine and notify those with whom he had been in contact.   He didn’t notify my friend until today (Thursday).   S

 I've taken to walking at Spruce Run Reservoir.  It's a lovely spot.   You can walk on paved paths through the woods... Or you can believe you are down at the Jersey Shore... Or you can just watch the leaves turn... But most of all I like to watch the people.   Today a large family piled out of their SUV with children and scooters and bicycles and grandmother.  I thought "Good.  They are taking the kids out for a picnic and an airing."   But it wasn't really what I thought it would be.  As they fell out of the SUV like clowns out of a VW bug, they started to squabble. That escalated to a fever pitch and eventually the kids (ages 6-12 took their scooters and bikes and headed off down the trails.  The parents headed to a picnic table still squabbling and grandma (probably my age) was left to unload the coolers and baskets of food from the car.  Sighing she looked at me, looking at her from my car from a few yards away, and shrugged.  If it hadn't been for COVID