December 13, 2020 EVERYBODY WEAR THEY MASK

 What the HELL is wrong with people?? What's the deal with these ANTI-MASKERS? Why can't they just SUCK IT UP  FOR THE COMMON GOOD. Yes, we live in a free country BUT that's not the point. HELLO--ALMOST 300,000 PEOPLE HAVE DIED OF COVID IN THE  UNITED STATES AND 1.6 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE DIED WORLDWIDE. No one wants to close businesses and ruin the economy BUT sometimes we all have to MAKE SACRIFICES. STOP BEING SO SELFISH.  Calling it  tyranny is SO RIDICULOUS. I think all the ANTI-MASKERS should buy an island and GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE. They can  name it TRUMPVILLE.  And Trump will be available VERY soon to be your GLORIOUS DICTATOR. HECK --why don't you  get Sarah Palin to be his assistant--she's got nothing else to do.   And when you get COVID on your new island--that has NO hospital--because you don't believe in COVID and what to be FREE--I hope you have a slow painful recovery/death. PLEASE GO--I'M BEGGING YOU TO LEAVE------you are the reason we are in this mess in the first place. Sorry for the rant but I can't handle the stupidity of people in this world anymore. UGH. See why I have to escape into books.

If you enjoyed Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi then you will definitely enjoy her new book Transcendent Kingdom. As the story unfolds, Gifty is a PhD student in neuroscience at Stanford University School of Medicine. She is determined to come up with a scientific understanding for addiction and depression so that she can better understand the suffering in her own family. Her family originally immigrated to Alabama from Ghana before she was born. Her parents were hard workers who lived and breathed the Evangelical church--a place that highly influenced Gifty's thinking and life. After her brother Nana died of a herion overdose in high school, 10 year old Gifty's world collapsed. Her father left the family and her mother struggled with depression that threatened their livelihood . This novel is ultimately about faith, science, racism and the immigrant experience. It's well written, interesting and insightful. At 290 pages, it's about a 3.5 mile run that you will long remember. Enjoy.