“Oww, we want the funk, give up the funkOww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funkOww, we want the funk, give up the funkOww, we need the funk, we gotta have that funk” – “Give Up the Funk” by George Clinton and his band, Parliament-Funkadelic, 1975 Five months into this pandemic, I’m feeling the effects of COVID-19. Not literally, thank goodness. Figuratively. Emotionally. Spiritually. I’m just not myself. I don’t read anymore. Is there such a thing as reader’s block? Same for my writing, which has become, well, flat. Not completely blocked, just in need of Drano. Do plumbers get plumber’s block? Doubtful. Besides, as a former newspaper…