This blog site seeks balance.  Sometimes I report more on the bad than the good:  Donald Trump, natural disasters and the like.  I had a last day of this blog on 30April2018, ending ten years of daily reporting:       MY FINAL DAILY BLOG Then on 3May2018 the  Lower Puna Eruption  began.  It went on and on, and so did this site.  Finally, on 5December2018 the eruption completely subsided.  But through  ups and downs, victories, meals, travels and disaster, I have continued on till today. I will end the week only with good news.  In fact, even better, much of the following will be HEARTWARMING. The  New York Times  this morning featured COVID-19 and children: Death is not the only outcome that parents fear, of course. Yet “long Covid” and hospitalization have also been very rare in children. It’s just that society has been so focused on Covid that we have paid intense attention to the risks associated with it — eve...

   From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732         1185       246       82 July    22     1205     7128         1293      1120     572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242        835     130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136       1168       82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571        703    ...

From  Worldometer  (new  COVID-19 deaths yesterday):          DAY    USA    WORLD     Brazil      India      South Africa June     9    1093     4732        1185        246        82 July    22     1205     7128        1293      1120       572 Aug    12     1504     6556        1242       835       130 Sept     9     1208      6222       1136      1168        82 Oct     21     1225      6849         571      ...