Silent spring
T here’s no need to read any of this. We’re all going through the same thing, all reading the same stuff on the internet. I can’t offer any fresh insights on American life in the time of Covid-19. I’m just writing here because I’ve finished the new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and the last murder mystery I had on the Kindle ( The Perfect Couple , three stars). So. Pandemic, huh? As it happens, I also recently finished a book about a pandemic ( Severance ) and I really didn’t expect to see the book’s premise played out in real life — or for another few years at least. But now it’s happening everywhere and we must all deal with it as best we can. Here in Jacksonville, we’ve spent the last 10 days hunkered down, washing our hands like the Macbeths (stole that line from a New Yorker piece) and exploring the wonders of grocery delivery. The last time I went to a store in person was to pick up a prescription at WalMart. I didn’t really have a cold, but I did cough into my elbow a f...