My early morning thoughts...

Day 28 of shelter in place



Good morning!

My early morning thoughts...

I might have reached the four-hour mark in sleep last night, practically doubling the amount of shuteye from the previous five nights. So, look out. The sun is coming up, soon to be followed by a beautiful rising of the Arizona sun.

My first thoughts this morning are in the numbers.

Over 13,000 precious men and women in the United States, young and old, have passed away from the coronavirus. Worldwide we are now over the 83,000 mark.

On the baseball front, we lost the great Detroit right fielder Al Kaline. He died in his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan on April 6, at the age of 85.

Nicknamed "Mr. Tiger", Kaline played 22 seasons. His stand-out number: 3,007 career hits.

There's those "numbers" again. That, of course, is an official one. Baseball records everything. As soon as the ball is hit and safely finds a gap or ends up in the bleachers, it's quickly documented.

To be honest, with all the craziness in our world at this very moment those coronavirus numbers are probably no more than a rule of thumb. Our brave men and women in the medical field, bless their hearts, are busy saving as many lives as possible and chances are having a calculator in their pocket is not a device required as they furiously battle the coronavirus in hopes of keeping their patient alive.

On the comedy front, ran across a video and the genius of the great stand-up comedian George Carlin. He died in 2008 at the age of 71. Carlin's video, containing his thoughts on germs and our immune system, is priceless. Beware, there are seven or so "dirty words" during the six-minute routine. Google it. Carlin (1937-2008) was a genius. As down in the dumps as I was last night, I even laughed. We certainly could use his sense of humor right now.

As the story goes, after his death, Carlin's ashes were scattered in and around New York City at many of the nightclubs he had performed at.

Closer to home, I find myself in Day 28 of the shelter in place orders. In Arizona, we have reached 2,575 cases of COVID-19 and 73 deaths, as of April 7. That is too many deaths, even though that's a number the state of New York would die for. A poor choice of words at the end of the previous sentence. Sorry!

The most important number is: 1

One life, one loss of life, one doctor...one nurse...one citizen in this great country of ours. We are all  Number One. Each one of us have had precious childhoods...meaningful adult lives and yes all lives matter from a newborn to the elderly.

Time for another pot of coffee.