On the one hand, I am sure there are many people like us all over the world who have to be so careful they almost don’t leave their homes – so many people with the identical experience. On the other hand, our information about people even in our intimate environment has become minimal. We have friends who live two doors down and we can’t get up the energy to get in touch. Have you had that experience?

Even more, we are all dealing with climate changes, as well as some pretty extreme changes in government around the world. The fact that the Taliban are taking over parts of Afghanistan, that Isis is on its way back, and that Lebanon is falling apart and Jordan is barely hanging on. A little too much to take in one August.

And finally, if the half a million old folks in this country who have been vaccinated for the third time, succeed in proving that the booster works, we have hope for the world.