Tag: COVID-19

• A Confession

  My name is Patricia Camburn Zick, and I’m a political and history nerd. There I’ve finally admitted it. I don’t know for sure where it started but I do remember our dining room at home also served as the office for the township clerk, who was my father for many years. Often during election cycles,…

  P. C. Zick

  September 6, 2024

  historical fiction, Ramblings of a Writer

  American history, COVID-19, elections, Gilded Age, history, politics, Spanish flu, The West Wing, voting, women’s suffrage

• On Ducks and Geese

  ON DUCKS AND GEESE During the pandemic, we found different ways to entertain ourselves. Some may question our affinity to one of our new pastimes, but it kept us out of trouble and perhaps sane. Although some may be questioning the sanity part as we move into the third year of COVID. Our house sits…

  P. C. Zick

  May 14, 2022

  Ramblings of a Writer

  Canada geese, COVID-19, Muscovey ducks, nature gone wild, P.C. Zick, wildlife, wildlife life history

• GRATITUDE FOR OUR HEROES

  The mark of a person shows through in time of crisis. And we are in a worldwide crisis right now. Those healthcare workers who are sacrificing their own health deserve more than we can probably ever repay. Their families are sacrificing as well as some nurses, doctors, and hospital personnel can’t go home or if…

  P. C. Zick

  May 7, 2020

  Ramblings of a Writer

  COVID-19, death and dying, doctors, health care workers, medical profession, nurses

• THE WORLD OF COVID-19

  I decided to get out of the house yesterday, so I drove to the nearby Wacissa River boat ramp where we often put in our kayaks. It’s an isolated park, so I brought a lawn chair and a book. A mile from the ramp, a flashing sign informed me the river access was closed. A…

  P. C. Zick

  April 11, 2020

  Ramblings of a Writer

  COVID-19, COVID-19 testing, Florida, golfing, social distancing, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Tallahassee, wearing masks

• ARE WE OVERREACTING?

  I decided earlier this week that overreacting is preferred to under-reacting in this uncertain time of the COVID-19 virus. Perhaps it has to do with the events of this past winter. It hasn’t been an easy one, starting with the death of my older brother in December. Then my husband spent the past three months…

  P. C. Zick

  March 19, 2020

  Uncategorized

  allergic, asthma, COVID-19, flu, high-risk, sinus infection, social distancing, virus