Yesterday we were talking (at a safe distance) to a downtown restaurant owner who has been trying to help. He said that there were both Canadian and Americans sending him money that he was supposed to use to buy and prepare food with and distribute. His problem is that while still trying to keep his place open he doesn't have the time to go to the store, buy the supplies and then cook and distribute the end product. He then crossed the street to tell the about 10 women with kids that he wouldn't be cooking for them yesterday. He is trying, and still receiving funds from out of the country.

Those people donating to him mean very well, but maybe it's time to support another program, one that works.

Mother Nature is certainly loving the fact that so many humans aren't polluting, destroying natural habitats and killing other species with the same intensity they have been. Too bad this is likely a short-lived respite from the usual human destruction of this precious jewel of a planet. Folks everywhere, especially in so-called developed countries, are already quite anxious to get right back to their old destructive overconsumptive unsustainable lifestyles. Especially with the low price of their favorite earth-destroying fuel. As someone recently wrote here, they are not willing to give up any conveniences just to satisfy some environmentalists. A damn shame that every single human isn't an ardent environmentalist.

Observing who respects the cuarentena and who doesn't, who adopts reasonable safety measures and who doesn't, it's plain to see at least some of the members of our species whom the virus should affect. Unfortunately it doesn't work that way, and the careless rude boy coughing in the presence of others without respecting safe distancing or wearing a facemask or even covering his mouth who when admonished replied "it kills who it kills" isn't likely to suffer as much as the innocent elderly person who worked hard, obeyed all the rules and tried to set a good example all their life. And that's just the way it is.

Unfortunately the folks suffering the most from the virus and the cuarentena are the ones who have the least but who work the hardest. While our federal government is offering assistance to the elderly and low-interest credits for informal vendors as well as small and medium businesses, some local and state governments are attending better than others to the needs of the people who currently have no income and little if any savings. Guerrero appears to be lagging quite far behind the needs of its people at the moment, though some communities and municipios have done commendable jobs getting in front of the problem instead of passively watching events unfold. Others such as Troncones and Los Llanos have gone to such extremes that remind me of the old British TV series "The Prisoner".

One person doing a lot of good right now is Carol Romain with her "Rice & Beans" program. Please click on the link and make a donation if you can. ¡GRACIAS, Carol!
Carol's Rice and Beans

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