I hope everybody had a happy Easter. It was a very strange Easter for us. No Stations of the Cross, none of the St. Louis Friday perfectly grilled cheese sandwiches. No church services of any kind. (Sorry, U-Tube recordings don’t cut it.) No ham for dinner. (Danita made her most excellent spaghetti, which can be cooked for two.) Still, we are all well. We’re getting out for exercise and chatting with neighbors when we see them. Julia organized a nice video conference. Besides the Reeds, we had Ed & Lynne, Joe Toni & Maisie, Mark & JiaJia. That was fun.

Bud continues to be the headliner here in Maryland. His move to advanced care was set up for Friday. Danita got permission to go into Bud’s apartment to help pack up. After she got there, they called her and said the move wasn’t happening. Bud had been getting a housekeeper, but that was suspended because of the danger of Covis contamination. The situation is very unclear (at least to us). Danita found spoiled food out on the counter, dirty clothes, etc. She’ll be talking with the folks at Riderwood to see what kind of solution is possible.

We had some quite unusual weather last week — two days of 30 mph winds with 50 mph gusts. If there was any property damage, it got buried below the Covis updates.

There’s not a lot else going on here in Columbia. I hope this finds everybody doing well.