Time lapse
[Most of this post was drafted back in March 2021 - the one year anniversary of the start of the pandemic. As I revisit it now, it has hard to believe that we are closer to the two year anniversary!] March 2021 The question of the day from Thing Two is, "If you could have a horse, world peace, or the end of COVID, what would you choose?" She has created the perfect dilemma for herself with these three options. First, leasing her own horse is the ultimate dream. Second, her succinct summary of world history - she's studying the Ancient Egyptians and Greeks in Social Studies at the moment - is that 'war is dumb; peace is good'. And then COVID is.... well... COVID. The outcome? She says, "I think I would choose the end of COVID." Big sigh. "I'm really really done with COVID." Not surprising really since at that point, in March 2021, it had been a year of living with the pandemic. Anniversaries naturally involve some aspect of reminiscenc...