A hospital in Barcelona has been taking recovering Covid-19 patients across the street to admire the views of the beach. Isidre Correa went into Intensive Care on April 14, came out today to begin his recovery, BUT FIRST, sand, sun and sea!
Paola Agnelli and Michele D'Alpaos live in Verona, Italy - the City of Romeo and Juliet and their love story, like Shakespeare's play, involves a balcony. In February, the beginning of the lockdown in Italy, they noticed one another across the way... looked each other up on social media - messaged ever since and anxiously await their first real date in person!
B..I..N..G..O... Residents of The Enclave at Round Rock Senior Living have frequent Bingo nights. Their goal was to have a celebrity host, thus, last September (2019) they sent a request to Matthew McConaughey for same.. During the pandemic, McConaughey had the time and ability to do so. With the assistance of Enclave team members, McConaughey, his mother and his wife virtually joined residents for several rounds of bingo with each of the family members calling out the draws. Bingo winners then got to ask McConaughey a question for him to answer...
With everyone wearing a mask, imagine the dismay to the deaf and hard of hearing who rely on lip reading for life in general, but more specifically when they go to visit their doctor. Eastern Kentucky college senior Ashley Lawrence - who majors in deaf education - went to Facebook posting two designs of masks, both with transparent screens around the mouth. Good news good news. Many requested masks, many volunteered to make them!
Making lemonade from lemons - bassackwardly, the pandemic has helped the world's environment. Scrapped flights, a surplus of crude oil- sitting idle in oil tank rail cars with nowhere to take them boosted a positive into the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The waters of Venice are now clear, lions lounge on roads normally frequented by safari-goers in South Africa and bears and coyotes wander around in empty accomodation in Yosemite national park in California.
Commnunity spirit maybe never better. Folks picking up prescriptions, groceries for elderly friends, loved ones. Concerts, singalongs from balconies.. essential workers finally gaining the recognition they've deserved.. Fitbit reports people are getting an average of 17 more minutes of sleep per night!..Many working from home - money saved, not to mention being able to lounge in PJ's all day!.. With the natural surge in internet usage, tech companies are making improvements, installing more servers, data caps are being cut, and mobil data packages have been made cheaper - or even free - providing easier entertainment than ever, despite being stuck at home.
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
— Walt Disney
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