"'Fool' said my Muse , to me, 'look in thy heart and write.' " Sonnet I, Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586) It's been around six months since I last wrote a blog, having lacked the inspiration towards literary creativity, thanks to a world-wide pandemic. It's been an introspective time when sharing thoughts with others has been low on my list. Much has happened over this hiatus, not the least of which has been the introduction of numerous vaccines against Covid-19 that has allowed many of us to resume some semblance of normality in our daily lives. So, what's happened over this time span and what have I been up to? First, lest we forget, almost 600,000 lives have been lost in our country and millions globally. As I write this, the pandemic rages in other parts of the world. The virus, being what viruses do, is ever-changing, with new variants and more opportunities for transmission. Our own CDC has recommended a mask-off o