It can be hard, at times, to keep my eyes on all the *bouncing balls.*

There was a Presidential Primary... or, rather, it was the famed *"Super Tuesday."* Scratching my head a bit at the notion that the electorate *really* would have a preference for *"Creepy Uncle"* Joe Biden. I guess it just goes to show how terrified the establishment is of Bernie Sanders and his particular brand of *"socialism"* — which isn't *"Socialism,"* at all... I grew up with socialism in Denmark — and will go to almost any lengths to see *that* not happening.

![0553FierySky.jpg](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/denmarkguy/dVlF8kvu-0553-FierySky.jpg)
*Winter sky...*

Nothing like a healthy dose of fear to get people riled up against things they actually are pretty ignorant about... I still remember having to seriously scratch my head when I arrived in Texas in 1981 to attend university... and people *seriously* asked me if I was a *communist* because I came from Denmark. 

## *Meanwhile, there's a Deadly Virus...*

Our daughter (27) lives in Seattle and she's staying home these days, because she's feeling a bit sniffly. The building across the street from where she works — downtown — was closed a couple of days ago.

Everybody talks about the Coronavirus from a place of fear, and... well, I can't blame anyone for being *worried,* but let's keep things in perspective.

I've been so out of the loop I didn't even realize that until yesterday, *all* the US Coronavirus fatalities have been here in the state of Washington... moreover, in *Seattle* where we have family.

![0560CherryBlossoms.jpg](https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/denmarkguy/JWyiR2lY-0560-CherryBlossoms.jpg)
*Springtime!*

Yesterday, a couple of kids at a nearby high school were diagnosed positive and put into isolation. It's *very* close to home, now.

Meanwhile, the shelves at the supermarket where I went today were empty in certain very specific spots that remind me of nothing so much as the end of 1999 and the *"Y2K Scare."*

Of course, this particular illness doesn't look like it is likely to just fizzle out and go away by itself. Of course, things aren't made any better by the media using whatever bits and pieces they can to fill everyone with **FEAR.**

An acquaintance of ours who's an MIT chemist and epidemiologist suggests it'll all play out in both a mild and serious way, at the same time. The whole *"everyone will get sick!"* scenario is overblown, but it's likely that COVID-19 cases will keep rolling around the world in waves for 12-18 months. Yes, there will be many deaths, but they will be spread out over a long time... not *"all of a sudden."*

Life on this planet makes me feel very tired, sometimes.

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*More springtime!*

## *Meanwhile, Making a Living...*

Yeah, gotta to that, too. 

Mrs. Denmarkguy reminded me earlier today that I had used the **@steembay** utility in the past to sell some of my painted stones. I might give that a try again... I'd probably just use any Steem earned to power up some more. Somehow, I still believe this community will come out of the current turbulence pretty well.

I suppose nobody ever said that it would be *easy* to work our way through life...

Meanwhile, we have taken serious steps to sell a bunch of all family artwork and antiques that really has nothing to do with our current lives, and has been lugged around with my family for several generations, all in the name of *"tradition."*

Our kids don't care... better sell it *now,* while we still know what we've got, than wait for the kids to put it in a garage sale for $5...

And that's about it, for now. Yeah, still feeling really *tired.*

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