A Perhaps Weekly Pandemic Periodical, #3

The mayapples in the vinca under the pines have bloomed. They bloom only one white six-petaled flower in the crotch of their stem, practically unnoticed under the umbrella of their lobed leaf. But from this sole flower comes a sole fruit, a mayapple, though I don't think it's really edible. You'll just have to wait till the fall to get your apples.

A Perhaps Weekly Pandemic Periodical, #2

When? seems to be the key question of these last couple of weeks. Not so much Why? or How? Perhaps a close second is Where? and Who? but When? really seems to be weighing on most people's minds. When will it peak? When will it hit my area? When will it be over? 

The answers are at best projections of mathematical models and inferences from what has come before; flopping the past over to reveal the future.