THE VIRUS OF FEAR

By the time you read this Editor’s Letter, it’ll be mid-June.

- Tom Marshall

But thanks to the requirements of print production and distribution, I’m writing it at the end of April. Normally, that couple of weeks of lag time doesn’t add up to much in the goings-on of the world. But, from where I sit right now, our nation is still in the thick of COVID-19 lockdowns, quarantines, stay-at-homes, and social distancing. So, this time, I feel sort of like I’m writing a letter to the future.

I hope, by the time you get this, we’ll have sufficiently “flattened the curve” so that most of the country will be back to normal, or close to it. I also hope that your preparations were adequate to keep you and your loved ones healthy and comfortable. If you learned some lessons or made some revisions to how you prepare, as we did, even better. If you hadn’t previously given any thought to prepping and are joining us for the first time, welcome.