Billy Bar has lived as the sole resident of Gothic, Colorado, for 50 years

From Carol: Thursday’s class made her think of this article, Tips From Someone With Nearly 50 Years Of Social Distancing Experience.

“I love the idea of ‘keeping track of something,'” Carol wrote, “and holding a thought or an object for 10 breaths feels a little like ‘keeping track of something’ in an abstract way. ”

From Jack: A quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson in “The American Scholar”: “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.”