It’s been difficult to write the past few weeks. My skills don’t seem up to it. I have written, sure, but it’s mostly crap. Unpublishable. I have been thinking mostly about my role in all of this beyond to keep myself and my family safe, and it has come down to some kind of writing. But what? I had a fleeting thought that I should be explaining or reporting, journalist style, what was going on. But there are already lots of excellent writers doing that (and getting paid for it!). Then I was thinking I could give the big picture, long-term analysis. That’s what I was thinking eight days ago when I recorded