Today is Tuesday, the 17th of March, 2020 and this is the second post of the day.
It's very easy in this situation to lose one's sense of perspective and sense of humour. So, we'll, on occasion, be trying to provide a note of levity by including some feeble humour and more personal pictures. The above photo, taken nearby, is of the many pairs of storks found in this region. Get ready... We've titled it, Here we are, stork in Portugal. Groan...
The world appears to be facing two major crises at once: the first, one of health; the second, one of global economics.
There is a very interesting piece in the Opinion section of today's New York Times by Ruchir Sharma. It title, This Is How the Coronavirus Will Destroy the Economy, considers how these two crises are potentially linked. If this is of interest to you, click here to check out this piece.