(Starting this with a personal note.) I ended my last week’s column saying I would be heading up to Minnesota for Thanksgiving and the Holidays, and thus may not be able to submit these columns for a while... that was pre-mature; I ended up not going when I intended.
The day before I was to leave, with my vehicle packed and ready for the trip, got an email from my brother up there. He advised me it might be best to hold off for a while. He explained Minnesota is experiencing a ‘rampant’ increase in virus cases.
Thus, in several hospitals near him, not only are all the hospital rooms filled, but all their halls are filled with virus patients too. That information, plus the national Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommending, due to the virus, unnecessary traveling be limited during Thanksgiving period affected my travel plans. I delayed going for a little while. Enough about me.
