Flag Wars Revisited Corona 2020

it is 7:30 a.m. in the holy city of safed.  i just got back from a quick supermarket run.  i went to bed early for a change.  yesterday was a long day.  i took the dogs out at 6:00 a.m.  i could hear the sounds of men praying from the local synagogue.  i couldn't tell if they were inside or still, outside.  it was nice to hear them.  i didn't stop to pick roses this morning.

there was hardly a soul on the street. i came home and threw on a skirt over my sweats and donned my heaviest winter coat. i headed for the supermarket at 6:30 a.m.  it is a 7 minute stroll from my house.  it looked quite empty except for the few workers.  they were all yelling at each other.  the check out girl was shrieking out loud without a mask.  it was a bit disconcerting.  when i checked out she put on her mask.  she is not the most calm person in general, but i guess working now is extremely stressful.  i thanked her and blessed her but i doubt i was heard through my mask.

i bought some apples and of course, more bananas.  i will hold off eating them because i'm still a bit turned off after yesterday's banana mash ice cream.  i'll slice them up and freeze them.  this is a great method.  they defrost almost immediately.  it's great to put in warm oatmeal or on yogurt or in muffins.  and of course, the famous shake or fake ice cream.  i bought a few pieces of salmon and a couple of packages of chicken wings.  i didn't buy any veggies to make a soup.  maybe the truck will come around.

i bought a lot of yogurt because i'm currently on antibiotics.  i should have been eating it straight from the start.  i also got some rocket leaves.  that's about it.  i didn't want to schlepp home anything too heavy.  i did buy three packages of surgical masks, on sale.  i tossed out the surgical gloves and wiped my hands with a wipe and then applied a sanitizer.  i then made my way home.  i didn't stop to sit on a bench. i kept on trekking up the steps until i got to my street.  i didn't see a soul.

when i got home i wiped down all the packages.  i threw out the plastic bags.  i realized that i have been placing them on my dining room table so i quickly bleached the table.  it is really hard to remember everything.  we try our best.  it is warming up and i'm sweating.  i will take a warm shower and put on fresh light clothing.  i am drinking my morning hot water, lemon, ginger, honey and hot pepper drink on my empty stomach.  it is supposed to increase your lung capacity. i didn't have any cayenne pepper so i used hot paprika.  it is not the same, i know.

my neighbor in the end, hung 8 flags.  if you pass the house you would swear that you were in front of the Israeli conciliate.  i think this year there are definitely a lot more flags.  perhaps a memo was posted about the number of flags every household should hang.  in any case, i didn't get the memo.  my schemata flag is hanging over the gate.  it is large but cannot compare to my neighbor's humungous flags.  i did the deed with what i had.  i was not going to purchase a new flag and i was definitely not going to get on a bus to go to town to buy one.