• Pandemic ‘21

    A year in a life

    Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred moments, so dear Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes How do you measure? Measure a year? In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee, In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife. In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes, How, do you measure a year in a life? — “Seasons of Love” from the 1996 musical Rent by Jonathan Larson  I woke up this morning with a song playing in my head, which I often do, sometimes for no apparent reason. But today was different, and the reason was as clear as the Anna Maria Island sky in winter. The song was…