Taking one’s time at the grocery market is a thing of the past.  The new motto is to ‘get in and get out’ with as little contact as possible. So how to shop while avoiding people?  It’s not so easy when the isles are narrow and the store is packed.  Here are a few tips…

Is It Time To Re-Think The Handshake? We fell asleep in one world and woke up in another, and now we are making up the new rules of communication as we go along.  Who would have thought a handshake would be a weapon, and a deadly one at that!  There has been much talk about…

Never Engage Or There Could Be Rage When it comes to the shaming of others who are not following shelter in place guidelines, the big question is – Is quarantine shaming working as a social detriment?  Used effectively, if it discourages others from bad behavior then by default it becomes a social norm. When behavior…

Never in my lifetime did I think I would be part of a global pandemic.  As such, we have all learned that in a very short time the rules as we once knew them have changed and will keep evolving.  Evolution is a gradual climb, but this has been sudden and unforeseen. The playing field…

What a difference a month makes! We have gone from no handshaking to elbow bumps, to six feet apart and now sheltering in place with masks.  In our new world, Zoom has replaced the workplace meeting. It’s a great tool for distance learning, game night, coffee klatches, or virtual cocktail hour. While there’s no substitution…

Across the globe a ‘no touch’ culture is now the new normal. At this point in the health crisis there is still plenty of uncertainty.  But one thing is for sure: the situation is serious and deadly, and this virus does not discriminate. We have been asked to isolate until May 1st but even that…