THE DESPAIR OF AN EMPTY CHAIR.. REVISITED AGAIN

2020 REVISIT: The endless possibilities of a brand new decade I mentioned in last year’s revisit of this piece came to a crashing halt just three short months after I wrote the 2019 REVISIT.  COVID-19 has redefined death and grief along with everything else.  We measure death by bad (coronavirus) and good (every other kind) now.  But grief is grief and COVID perhaps has simply ratcheted up the customary anger.  I dedicate this to all those who lost a loved one or a really liked one this year, no matter what the cause of the death. 2019 REVISIT:  So much life and death has happened ...