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2020 B.C. Before Covid The Stiff Upper Lip in Pandemic Time.

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UK / Ireland / Pandemic Memory / Before Covid Covid-19 And The Stiff Upper Lip A Journey Through Pandemic Times and UK Memories See Full Image Show Text Opening Signal Not Talking About the Pandemic Was Like Denying Gravity Back in The U.K. after a visit to Ireland. Not talking about The Pandemic is like denying gravity exists. That ostrich approach of sticking our collective head in the sand will not delay or deny the medical catastrophe, the logistics nightmare and the financial Armageddon that each of us experience in our own idiosyncratic ways. Call it malignant optimism, but the shared hallucination that it is "just the flu" is junk science. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger but make no mistake about it: This virus can kill. It doesn't have a brain, but we do. Careers are on hold, people are in limbo, and there are only two ways this epidemic will end: Medically, probably never. Socially, when...

Falmouth, Jamaica Happy New Year 2020

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Jamaica Caribbean Experience - Falmouth & Beyond 🇯🇲 Jamaica Experience Falmouth & Beyond - Caribbean Soul 🌴 One Love, One Heart 🚢 Colonial Falmouth The new(er) port of Falmouth looks so colonial and British Empire authentic. Sailed here several times this decade, with Royal Caribbean, MSC and like today, Disney. Each visit reveals new layers of this historic Caribbean gem, where colonial architecture meets modern cruise infrastructure in perfect harmony. 🍺 Just Do It...Later Swish... with Red Stripe Beer ...

The GR8 American Road Trip: Solitude at Its Purest Setting WY and MT

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The Pandemic Pivot · 2020 The Great American Road Trip When the cruise ships stopped, the highways called. Palm Beach to Jackson Hole, Yellowstone and Las Vegas—5,669 miles inside a land yacht and outside the old plan. See Full Image It was the best of vibes. It was the worst of vibes. We waited for 2020 to give us perfect vision. Nobody predicted what we would actually be seeing. Operating Condition Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Keep your distance. Rebuild the journey while already moving. Ordinary World The Call Threshold Foreign Land Trials Revelation Return Elixir The Call Don’t Give Up the Ship Normally, we would have been sailing the Norwegian fjords, the Baltics or Alaska’s w...

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