I've heard talk about breadlines, but who'd have ever expected to stand in lines and accept

a ration of toilet paper?

Folks, times are currently pretty weird. Stock markets are bouncing like a yo-yo.

Soccer moms are buying toilet paper by the palette when they can find it.

And you can't find a gas can in a store for trying.

We Americans are all a bunch of Boy Scouts by nature.

Remember the Boy Scout model.

Be prepared.

And that's a good thing, just as long as we retain our sense of equilibrium and our humanity.

I've been so busy, what with the kids doing school at home, work events being rescheduled, and assignments being reshuffled, and with a land purchase

my wife and I are hoping to make that I simply haven't had time to plan out and record a

podcast episode for this week. But today,

rather than not posting anything at all this week, I just want to bring you a

simple message rather than a full-blown episode.

My wife is British.

Now, the Brits have a saying, keep calm and carry on.

These are words to live by. I believe the phrase to have its origins during World War II or

maybe World War I, a time when folks around the world had legitimate concerns, and for the most part they dealt

with them with courage and dignity and grace.

Now, this coronavirus is troubling. I'm not a doctor and I don't have a statistical chart for a brain.

So I'm not going to start reciting numbers or risk analysis.

But I can tell you this, coronavirus is not as scary as communism. It's not as

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