Much of the urgency seems to have drained from the Covid 19 pandemic as we tentatively enter phase two of the opening of society. The gadfly media has flitted to the protests in the USA and many other places in the world following the killing of George Floyd by a policeman in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The expression, 'going viral', had almost run its course into cliché, but it's been resuscitated into relevance lately. Everything is going viral: Covid 19, economic disparity, unemployment, racial inequality, legitimate anger, opportunistic violence, political incompetence...  A few centres of sanity and good will are holding on, but the spin is fierce and threatens to fling even them to the fringes. However, in my experience, it is often at the  fringes where you find people who hold on to the verities: family, friendship, a common humanity. The young are also a source of hope. They have energy, few vested interests, hope and every reason to try something new. Something new is certainly needed. 

Some hopeful faces of the future, Jay and his nephews, Woojin and Soojin

Poppies and thyme in the front yard