5 May 2020
Dear Pirates
I stubbornly waited for a coronavirus Hail Mary but it looks like I’ve waited in vain. It seems like all events have been cancelled/postponed until Summer’s end or later. All of the great crystal balls of the world are foggy. Will the NBA season end? When? Will a baseball season start? This year or the next? Will we have to wait until 2022 for the 49ers to win the Super Bowl, as they inevitably will?
So I cancelled our June 20 reunion and don’t have a date in mind to reschedule to. My logical mind says that all should be well by October, but then I’m reminded that logic doesn’t apply to the decisions made by our “one-size-fits-all” state government. Here in Mendocino County we have 12 confirmed cases (seven of which are in one family in Covelo) and no deaths, but the lack of contagion here hasn’t spared our restaurants, hotels, and other small businesses from financial disaster.
As always, each day Alice and I go to nearby Cook’s Beach to play ball with Radar for an hour. Sometimes it’s like our private beach, although other devoted dog owners plus a few intrepid young surfers share it with us. It’s like Heaven until we remember that the businesses and workers in our area don’t find it wonderful at all.
I wish we could press on with the reunion in June but even if all is well soon there wouldn’t be enough time to get a good turnout, which is the primary objective of having a reunion. I’ll do the best I can and hope for the best for all of us.
Mike
Michael B. Combs
PO Box 1639
Gualala, CA 95445-1639
707-884-3741
