The Virus - Day 33 - Saturday, night

SO... The Virus continues and some of my energies may be applied to giving more help.. after a talk w/some criticism (I seemed too detached) from Sarah and the Concert tonight on MSNBC...

SO

• I have made some calls to people and more calls can be made.
• I have given platelets (blood help) and plan to give more.
• I have some work definitively scheduled w/the Food Bank
• I have put in for more work with the Food Bank.. and we will see if that is a go.
• There is the Rotary health aid thing to look for ... I signed up, I think, but have not heard back. Maybe I need to check-in somewhere
• AND I have been doing the right things... as prescribed by the knowledgeable public health people... which IS something.

Today was a red-letter day - Deanne's BBQ got used for the first time and the chicken came out wonderfully.

Tomorrow -- I/we will put together the shelving thing for "my" bathroom. I was too tired to work on it today (and is WAS shabbat).

I was talking about minyans at services and discovered that some people (Susan R...) are very uncommitted to requiring the TEN person minimum than me. Strange, true, interesting... and not something I agree with nor accept. Without certain things - such as The Minyan - would we still be Jews? What about a Bris? What about ???? - WELL clearly I have let things go such as kashrut. I do try to observe Shabbat and many aspects of other holidays. Interesting what doesn't hold importance for some people.

AH... the Minyan -- I have run across several YouTube parodies/music things about The Minyan.. and there is the Northern Exposure episode (Season 4, Episode 22 - Kaddish, for Uncle Manny). And then - the Pam issue (a women saying Kaddish for her father is not sufficient...!)

These days of The Virus gives time for more conversations about more things then usual. Interesting stuff. AND - Kaddish is an important issue at this time with so many people dying.