RECOGNIZE THE HEROES: Elsie Overly of Bradford submitted this poem recognizing the brave medical professionals who are facing COVID-19 day after day.
“Pandemic Heroes”
A horrible war is going on
With an enemy we cannot see
But we have brave soldiers who
Are fighting for you and for me.
In the battle they unselfishly stay
Constantly putting themselves in harms way
To just say thank you
Will never do
When they are risking their lives
For me and for you.
When this is all over
We must never forget
These wonderful people
We never even met.
So love God in Heaven
Please bless them, I pray
Protect and strengthen
As they fight every day.
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FOR THE BIRDS: A reader wrote in suggesting a relaxing way to spend quarantine: feeding and watching our feathered friends.
James Miller of Rixford reached out recently, noting that in one day, he had seen the following: Nuthatch, Junco, Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird, Chickadee, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Goldfinch, Bluejay, Cowbird, Sparrow, Tufted Titmouse, Cardinal, and White-winged Crossbill.
Miller finished by saying his morning was capped off by a Pileated Woodpecker checking out several trees in the yard.
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WORK SPOUSE: Spending 40 hours per week with the same people means you run the chance of developing strong connections to those people. Apparently, those connections have become an issue when work efforts have shifted to primarily work from home due to the pandemic.
PRPioneer.com, provider of PR and digital marketing resources, conducted a survey of 3,500 employees working from home in quarantine about their relationship with their work spouse vs. their actual partner. It seems many are struggling to work under the same roof as their partner as 37% of Pennsylvania employees say they miss their work spouse, more than they would their partner!
Meanwhile two of three Pennsylvania couples say they are not as productive as they could be when working under the same roof.
One in 10 admit accidentally calling their partner by their work spouse’s name.
