The New Era - All about Sweet Home since 1929

As you may have noticed in my last column, I can be a bit of a pessimist. 

If I had a choice, my profile in this newspaper wouldn’t have a picture of me, but rather a cartoon drawing of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh or just a picture of the cloud from the 1999 Zoloft advertisements. 

Amidst the dark, depressive vibes I’ve experienced in this COVID-19 epidemic/pandemic, two colleagues have challenged me to think about the positives concerning the coronavirus shelter-in-place mandate.

The first challenge came more through that person’s actions than their words. Inserted in each email, i...