Category Archives: Covid-19

Friday, October 02, 2020 Famed psychologist Sigmond Freud once stated, “If it’s not one thing, it’s your mother.”.  OK, he didn’t actually say that, but I’m sure he thought it once and again, given his beliefs.  One thing that he DID say, was “One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as […]

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 As we end another month, I feel overwhelmed with the amount of news and events going on simultaneously.  As the Jewish community celebrated the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur, also known as the Day of Atonement, Panama fulfilled their promise to open the next phase of economic freedom, by […]

Friday, September 25, 2020 Yesterday morning, I had the pleasure to meet with Commissioner Dalis Melo, in charge of the “Comercio Vigilante” program in Panama.  The program is just like Neighborhood Watch (Vecinos Vigilantes), but for the commerce sector.  I’ve worked with Dalis before when she was in charge of Tourism Police a couple of […]

Wednesday, September 23, 2020 I don’t know about you guys, but I’m ready to do something new.  Right now, the “in” thing is to start a pod cast.  There are several expats in Panama doing them and they seem like great ideas.  I’m not so inclined to write, so maybe I should start doing podcasts […]

Monday, September 21, 2020 We had a good weekend.  The Packers won.  Yay team.  Speaking of the Packers, we were supposed to be in Wisconsin for the wedding of our cousin, but given the circumstances, we’ll have to wait for the celebration of their first-born.  Hopefully by then, we’ll be out of this mess.  I’mguessing somewhere between 9 and 100 months from now. […]

Friday, September 18, 2020 Yesterday I was overwhelmed with health-related tasks.  Usually, I’m overwhelmed with daily tasks, seldom am I underwhelmed.  But yesterday, although somewhat burdened, I felt balanced. Apart from my normal load of work, I decided to pack as many travel-specific meetings as possible all into one day.  Even though we’re allowed to […]

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 Sunday night, as I attempted to get my point across to those of you who enjoy reading babble as you drink your morning brew, I did so with a broken keyboard.  The letters “b” and “n” just decided to rebel, which put me to having to copy/paste my words together.  Ironically, […]

Monday, September 14, 2020 For the past few months, our family as well as may other families throughout Panama ad very probably throughout the entire world, have been looking for the best ways to occupy their time I ways they ever have before.  Prepandemic, we all took time on the weekends to do whatever it […]

Friday, September 11, 2020 Do you remember 9/11?  Do you remember what you were doing when you heard the news?  If you do anything today, just take a moment to remember that day, but remember also how on 9/12, we pulled together as a nation with US flags being sold out in less than a […]

Wednesday, September 09, 2020 Well, this weekend, the both of them got a little too rambunctious and through a fit of anger between the two of them, they committed a very clear and concise “on purpose” that couldn’t go unpunished.  Through technology, we are blessed through easier forms of communications but we’re also cursed with […]