Aloha and the Sunset at Ocean Beach

I took a walk to the ocean at sunset on Monday--the day I learned that Eileen Gertz had died--partly to say "Aloha" to Jeri Gertz in Hawaii--from my side of the Pacific to hers. 

I wanted to see the ocean at sunset anyway, but of course it's a metaphor for death, that setting sun.  The words to the song from "Fiddler on the Roof" come to mind.

Sunrise, sunset
Sunrise, sunset
Swiftly fly the years
One season following another
Laden with happiness and tears

Even without metaphors (and today is the day that Eileen Gertz will be buried) I have become a sun-worshiper in a different way. Instead of lying in the sand (very cold in SF) to get my skin a darker hue, I'm just awed by the beauty of it all. In the first photo it looks as if the sun is parting the ocean--or doing a deep-sea dive.

Mission District Hard Hit

The Mission District of San Francisco has been hard-hit by the virus, according to today's SF Chronicle.  Here are two paragraphs directly from the report:

The zip code with the highest number of cases is 94110, which is located in the Mission District. Even though Latinos make up just 15 percent of the city's population, 25 percent of the city's positive coronavirus cases are among Latinos.

Additionally, Latinos make up 80 percent of coronavirus patients at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, a sharp increase from the regular 30 percent Latino hospital population.

 Now people are going to worry about the shelters and Navigation Centers infecting them.

All Baby Zoomers Have Got It--except for Me

The other Baby Zoomers who make up Chew and View were doing just fine yesterday when we had our distance meeting, thanks to Bill's initiative. But I had major technical difficulties after having had a very successful Facetime with Jonathan on Saturday. At the end of the two-hour meeting (without any of our usual delicious food and drink), they kindly tried to get me on Facetime, and this was the result.

Forest Bathing in Stern Grove, at Mountain Lake an Illustration of what Wsther Mobley Has to Say.

Yesterday I went Forest Bathing in Stern Grove and at Mountain Lake, but I didn't realize that's what I was doing until I read Esther Mobley 's piece in the Sunday Chronicle.''

One Shelf of the Pantry and I Rediscover Chipotles and Artichoke Hearts

One Shelf of the Pantry and I Rediscover Chipotles and Artichoke Hearts

Peter Pan Peanut Butter--the kind I never use--oats, chunky apple sauce, 2 bottles of Karo corn syrup, 2 cans of baby food prunes, spiced cranberries from December 217, two cans of Pizza sauce, pasta sauce, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sundried tomatoes, ginger chutney, Harissa, chipotle (5 cans) green salsa, two jars of dill relish, honey, tapenade, bottle of chimichurri, dried pimentos, red pepper spread, nuts with fruits and honey, canned mushrooms, 2 jars of Kalamata olives, dolmas, artichoke stems, vegetable broth in can, pumpkin, !-1 Tabasco sauce, Carolina gold barbecue sauce, 2 30-z cans and 2 16-oz cans of refried beans, black beans, can of sliced ripe olives.  a 17 oz and a 14-oz can of diced green olives.  Better than Bouillon vegetable base.  2 cans of jackfruit in syrup, 4 cans of artichoke hearts, 2 cans of corn, 1 can of yams, 2 packages of Noras dried red peppers, red quinoa, green lentils, couscous, farro, fruit and walnut honey. 2 packages of morel mushrooms, one can of garbanzo beans.    That's one shelf of my pantry.  Just 5 more to go! 

Safeway's Turn to Plastic

Oh, dear!  I went to Safeway before 6:00 am today (more on that in a different post), and I was disappointed to see that they've moved from paper to plastic.  That's in spite of the fact that the virus can stay on plastic for up to 3 days, about 3 times as long as on cardboard. 

It's also ironic that the bags say "re-usable" since we're not allowed to re-use them.

The Better-than-mine Letter to the Editor on John King's "City's automobiles seen in new light."