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Mark Thompson's avatar

I remember how I was when I got Covid a couple of summers ago. For a whole week I lay in bed, asleep or delirious, like Martin Sheen’s character in the beginning of “Apocalypse Now.” Then one day, I woke up feeling healthy. To paraphrase a Robert Earl Keen song, I felt good feeling good again.

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Melissa Knox's avatar

"Doomed to be an optimist" is a nice paradox! And I'm all in favor of optimism--gloominess may be in fashion, but it's no fun.

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Catherine Hiller's avatar

And I'm all in favor of paradox, a weighty subject and a future post!

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Megan McCarthy's avatar

So your Dear Readers trust you are feeling ALL BETTER now?

Optimism may be outre, but it's a desirable state of mind

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Catherine Hiller's avatar

Yes, finally recovered completely and was truly thrilled during my morning run near the harbor. I got to see a beautiful species of small, black and white waterfowl. I was so grateful to be up and running!

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