America Home Logs 2020.. Sunrise at Lake Michigan
The year 2020 was bizarre; who would have expected a minuscule virus unseen to the naked eye to completely dominate our lives. My travel, which I took for granted year after year, had come to a standstill. What kept us sane was our yoga and zoom calls with family. It was the month of November, and my mind wandered to travel. It has been a year since I saw my children. By now, I had summoned the courage for 13 hours of air travel to visit the USA. The constant reassurance by Emirates airlines on Instagram helped, along with the newly installed HEPA filters on the planes. We reached Chicago, to be greeted by SanchitRam. A quick ride by Uber brought us to his compact and comfortable house. A warm meal awaited us. A sense of pride crept into me that my young son managed his home well. This year luckily, Arvind joined me for a holiday. After a detailed look around the house, we had thoughts on rearranging the furniture to make the house look more spacious. We continued our home isolati...