I've noticed that I seem to be happy.  That's my usual nature, but it occurred to me that after learning on March 8 that we tested negative for covid, insuring that we would be able to board the Seabourn Odyssey on the 9th, my mind has been very, very happy. This is not quite  euphoria, a condition I first entered in the Fall of 2018 .  What triggered this first episode was the sudden onset of a potentially life-changing incident.  You can read what that was by clicking on that link.  Then I lost this feeling a couple of months later when I went to France for what was a memorable, but yet stressful, trip. Soon after I returned, I went into  Euphoria 2 , which did not last too long because I went on another trip, to the Orient. Soon after I returned, I got the results of two medical procedures, one a colonoscopy, where I feared the worst.  But good fortune, the two polyps were benign.  Just the relief catalyzed  Euphoria 3.    So that was nearly four years ago.  When I return, I

As this pandemic has been so domineering, had to bring this table up to date:      From  Worldometer  (new 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        85 Nov     11     1479     10178        564       550        60            25     2304    12025         620       518      118 Dec       1      2611    11891         697       500      109              9     3265    12342         848       337      142            10     3107    12932         769       487      173            11     3031    12401         652       440      205            14     2976    12635         909       384      210            16     3538    13535         968       357      16