Please excuse the fancy stuff – the experiments with format will go on a bit until I figure it out. 

There is a square near our home that was always crowded with cafes and restaurants.  At least 3 hairdressers, a nail salon, a dress shop and what – maybe 4 cafes, the center so crowded with tables and chairs it is hard to tell what belongs to what.  And now the cafes are closed.  But food stores are open so there have sprung up a whole bunch of high class bakeries, delis, chocolatiers, and other take-aways.  It seems to be working, even though the usual joy in not apparent.  We went to visit the new neighborhood butcher – a famous television chef and personality – and his shop was full of amazing delicacies.  Aharoni himself was there, guiding our purchases, explaining his products, delineating his plans, and sharing with us his plans for future products to brighten our lives.

Well, maybe he isn’t all that unrealistic.  Like Donald, Bibi is promising a vaccine soon.  We’re testing on humans now.  A homemade product that might relieve the plague and the constant depression that seems to have overcome us.