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Who Knew

September 4, 2020 9 Comments

By Lynne Curry

When we set our clocks forward for daylight savings time this spring, who knew we’d instead enter the twilight zone? That shoppers would fight over toilet paper. That I’d have the time to clean the junk drawer but still wouldn’t. That I would view a repair man coming to fix the toilet as a dress-up experience or that dress up would mean yoga pants instead of pajamas. That I’d long to shop at Walmart. Who knew I’d flinch when a friend sneezed? That leaving the house to make a supply run would rain down danger. Who knew that I would die?

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  1. David Boston says

    September 4, 2020 at 7:34 am

    Yes indeed. Who knew?

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  2. Rebecca Garnett says

    September 4, 2020 at 8:07 am

    So true!!

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  3. Cathy Cade says

    September 4, 2020 at 8:41 am

    That went from philosophical to spooky. It brings it home though. Well done

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  4. CGB says

    September 4, 2020 at 12:17 pm

    The month everything changed… Succinctly said! Thanks, Lynne.

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  5. Dan Tucker says

    September 4, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    You got me with the single word “would” in the last sentence – it’s surreal.
    Don’t you go yet!!!

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  6. Susan Dingle says

    September 4, 2020 at 3:32 pm

    A nice balance of nostalgia, humor, and emotion.

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  7. Jean says

    September 7, 2020 at 3:38 pm

    Well said, Lynne. You put into words what we have experienced and felt but couldn’t express as well as you have expressed in this short tome.

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  8. Rathin Bhattacharjee says

    September 8, 2020 at 1:21 am

    Lovely story written in the backdrop of the Corona pandemic. The concluding line is what makes the story so touchy and meaningful.

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  9. carol prost says

    September 23, 2020 at 12:19 pm

    very nice pacing and sense of humor. You make it all very relatable.

    Reply

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