By late February, we realize we'll have to cancel our spring trip to Italy

I wonder if 16 pairs of white cotton gloves will add a layer of protection.

Restaurants and bars ordered to close in various states and cities: Ohio, Illinois, California, Washington.

St. Patrick's parades are cancelled in Boston, Dublin, Chicago. Bars and restaurants closed in many cities and states, including Washington.

Friends and family around us, affected by the pandemic

A scary brush with the virus: Zak has symptoms of Covid-19 (but can't be tested).

Our 90-year-old neighbor expresses our own thoughts: "Is this all a bad dream?"

Shops and restaurants close; signs go up. "Closed until things get better"

Trump: "It's like a miracle -- it will disappear."; "We have a tremendous testing set-up." "Anyone who needs a test gets a test."

The words and expressions that we use so often now, in Italy and in the U.S.

With this phrase, Governor Inslee ramps it up.

Common problems: we can't concentrate or sleep well. We wake in the night and think we have symptoms of the virus.

We order food to be delivered, for the first time ever. Going "out" for coffee means bringing a thermos of coffee to drink in the car.

The stress of shopping with masks, gloves, wipes, hand-washing and surgical instructions. The comfort of homemade food.

Bodies are hauled away in refrigerated trucks, the modern version of the Plague Year's death carts

Amid the lies from Trump about how all will be well by Easter, we watch a large variety of birds from our window.