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Are you serious???????? This can't be real. What is going on, I mean really . . . what is going on? That's how most people here in San Diego California, that I know, seemed to react as the reality of the idea of an epidemic, and the real reality of a pandemic frighteningly grabbed our daily focus. Hello to Ireland, Austria, Indonesia, and the Philippines. As you all know this is part 2 of my COVID 19 reflections. It's taken a while to post again since all my classes were converted to ONLINE courses. But that is for the next post . . . February continued with more images and video posts from Asia and Europe. Many of these images were very alarming. Yet they were extremely informative because of their sometimes graphic juxtapositions of the bizarre. One short video showed a man in a business suit looking face up, dead, on an empty newspaper strewn urban street with a protective mask over his face. Another video showed what looked like a science fiction space age the...

Hello Hong Kong, Belgium, and France.  Thank you for the support over the last two months!! I reflected on whether or not to post this entry and decided perhaps it will help us--you my readers and me, to get a grasp on our lives, in retrospect, before the epidemic turned into the present COVID 19 Pandemic, before our lives in the United States of America became so disrupted and convoluted.       Delores Fisher aboard public transit in San Diego: This really became the new normal . . .       Empty streets and almost empty buses except for first responders traveling in silence to and        from work and others who used the buses to go shopping, or conduct personal business. Olga Gutierrez Garcia called me in February and asked if I wanted to go to a poetry reading. She knew I had been ill again and that going to listen to other poets usually gave me strength. San Diego has a unique poetry co...

Thank you new readers in Ireland, the Philippines, and Pakistan. Here's a Black History month blast from the past photo. It doesn't seem like two years ago when I featured as guest poet at a local San Diego coffee house. This photo brought back memories. Quite a few poets were in the audience. Activist and writer Gloria Verdieu was in the audience. I hadn't seen her in several weeks although I was aware of some of her community work during 2019.                            Gloria Verdieu, Reg E. Gaines, and me Delores Fisher Since I was recovering from a serious viral illness, that lasted several weeks, Megan Webster and Olga Gutierrez Garcia graciously consented to co-feature with me. It was a uniting of 3 of our 4nth poetry group from the early 2000s. Rev. Kelli Parish Lucas was not there due to a miscommunication on my part. We missed Kelli's prese...

Hello Ukraine, Canada, and France!              Comic Con 2019 was full of outdoors on the sidewalks fun, wandering through crowds, posing with cosplayers and attending the Comic Conference for Educators and Librarians at the San Diego Central Library.    San Diego's libraries hold a variety of events spanning entertainment programs to educational workshops. I especially enjoy the cultural and music events.  https://www.sandiego.gov/public-library/news-events/concertseries     During Comic Con week, the library hosts events open to the general public. I heard about the event from DJ Lance Rock (Yo Gabba Gabba)                                 Delores Fisher and DJ Lance Rock at Comic Con 2019 Running from Wednesday thru Sunday,...

Hello to new readers in Japan, Spain, Ukraine, and Mexico! Delores Fisher  (Photo 2018---Autumn is here!) It's been a while since my previous  post, so here's an October update before my second Comic Con 2019 Literacy Conference post. A huge, grateful shout out to San Diego Who Con (Dr. Who Convention). http://www.sdwhocon.com/ If you are a local or global Dr. Who fan, get your tickets early because they sell out fast. Not only does Who Con present Futurism, space travel, dimensional thinking,  Sci-Fi,  and fantasy, it also presents panels on hard science topics.                                    Speaking of hard science, thank you to the BSSO (Black Student Sciences Organization) from San Diego State for their insightful panel discussion about the importance of  encouraging people of c...

Hello Germany!!!!!!!                         Delores Fisher at Comic Con 2019 Comic Con International San Diego over flowed through East Village's side streets with rollicking fun.I looked around a few days before Comic Con opened. It seemed as if a twilight zone time breach was circled the area.A few promotional television, gamer, and film banners were on buildings. However,  I went to Petco Park and couldn't find the ferris wheel; the Fan Zone wasn't where I expected. I crossed the bridge in anticipation. At the bottom of the bridge, I spotted more activity. However, as I walked to the water front, it had only a few displays with NO PHOTOS PLEASE signs. So, I complied. I continued my walk. Where was the IMDB boat. Maybe tomorrow? Then, I met a cosplayer/panel discussant who hinted at a public Comic Con 2019 educational/literacy event. However, I wai...