Glenn Dobbs
Ättestupa - Notes on a Pandemic (Part 12)
“Ättestupa (Swedish for 'kin/clan precipice') is a name given to a number of precipices in Sweden. The name supposedly denotes sites...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 29, 20209 min read
There's Something About Mary - Notes on a Pandemic (Part 11)
“History does not repeat itself. But, it does rhyme” -Mark Twain “Cooks work sick. They always have. Most jobs, you don’t work, you don’t...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 27, 20206 min read
Rocketman
“And I think it's gonna be a long long time 'Till touch down brings me round again to find I'm not the man they think I am at home Oh no...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 26, 20202 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 10)
"Any country can follow a series of measures that are very cheap and can dramatically reduce the epidemic: mandate wearing home-made...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 23, 202013 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 9)*
“I think the message is that, clearly, this is something that is hurting from the standpoint of economics, from the standpoint of things...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 12, 20208 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 8)
“For the first time in history there is a fully signed Presidential Disaster Declaration for all Fifty States. We are winning, and will...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 9, 20206 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 7)
"I knew everything. I knew it could be horrible and I knew it could be maybe good….I don’t want to be a negative person. I’m a...
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 5, 20205 min read
The Folding
“With enough butter, anything is good” - Julia Child At the end of our last episode I wrote a piece called “The Moments of Happiness”....
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Glenn Dobbs
Apr 1, 20206 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 6)
“This is nothing. The flu kills more people every year” A friend of our family who is a resident at a local nursing home “Pain is...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 27, 20204 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 5)
“I don’t believe you really need that many ventilators” - Donald Trump during an interview with Sean Hannity last night “It’s going to...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 20, 20204 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 4)
"Netflix has been asked to limit services for fear of breaking the internet" - News report yesterday afternoon "I will follow you into...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 14, 20203 min read
Let's Hope Not
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 12, 20206 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 3)
“Oh F**k……” - Donald Trump caught on a hot mic moments before he addressed the nation Ok, last night we were treated to the following 9...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 10, 20203 min read
Notes on a Pandemic (Part 2)
"I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of these doctors said, 'How do you know so much...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 5, 20202 min read
The Moments of Happiness
“Tonight I'll sing my songs again, I'll play the game and pretend. But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity Like...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 5, 20204 min read
Monday Was Market Day
“We all know Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth” -Pablo Picasso “We will carpet bomb them into oblivion. I don’t...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 4, 20203 min read
Holy Toledo!
“This is not the Toledo I remember, “ She said. “This is the first one” “Oh…..well that makes sense” - A conversation I had with Colleen...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 3, 20202 min read
The Bad Throw
"In a unified and diverse Spain, based on the equality of and solidarity between its people, there is room for all of us. And for all of...
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Glenn Dobbs
Mar 1, 20204 min read
Bullfighting & Iran Memories
“A culturally important tradition and a fully developed art form on par with painting, dancing, and music” -Guidebook description of...
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Glenn Dobbs
Feb 29, 20203 min read
No One Expects the Spanish Inquisition
“No one expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise, fear and surprise; two chief weapons, fear, surprise, and ruthless...
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