Source: Brownstone Institute
by Julie Ponesse
“It takes one second for a raindrop to fall 32 feet and 3-6 seconds to take a breath. My daughter was born into the world in a moment and the viral video that set my life on a new path was 4:53 minutes long. Our lives are made up of moments, some more meaningful, or at least more memorable, than others. Some slip into oblivion as soon as they happen while others punctuate our existence, reframing or redirecting our lives. On March 11, 2020 everything changed. The eerie pandemic future that became our reality shifted our lives in what felt like a moment. Car consoles littered with dirty masks, downtowns deserted in the middle of the day. Covid-19 dropped us into a twilight zone of unquestionable science, the plaything of our era’s spin doctors, and the realization of Sartre’s theatric line: ‘Hell is other people.'” (10/24/24)