I was named after a aunt that died from the 1920 flu.

[Texaswitchy]

She was six months old.

My grandmother told me about it many times.

I am sitting background enjoying the weather.

So quiet.

Even the freeway is quiet.

Just talked to the neighbors next door.

We will be looking out for each other.

Feels like the Cuban Missile crisis when I was a little kid.

Just random thoughts.

Big day tomorrow.

Start working in the garden.

We will grow lot of fresh vegetables.

No plane traffic over the house either.

To many thoughts tonight.





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[Glorfindel]

1. My mother used to tell of her family during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918

Everyone in her family came down with it (my mother, her parents, and three siblings) and might have died but for the intervention of my great uncle, who had had training as a nurse. He stayed with his sister's (my grandmother) family and tended them day and night. Thanks to him, they all pulled through. I never met him, but I honor his memory to this day. You're right: Lots of memories and thoughts tonight.

[Texaswitchy]

2. I have a tape of my grandmother talking about the baby.

The rest of the family didn't get the flu.

Just the baby.

I think about my aunt I never knew.

The virus thing is close to home.

[emmaverybo]

3. Named after my aunt who died in 1929 not twelve yet of a quickly acquired pneumonia. No

antibiotics yet. Mom’s dad died of same at aged 32. They had some germs then and nothing for it.

[Texaswitchy]

4. Yeah.

I only had one Aunt by blood because of this.

She passed to now.

I miss her.

[emmaverybo]

5. Sorry. ❤️

[Texaswitchy]

6. She was so cool.

She passed about two months ago.

Lived till 92.

My daddy's baby sister.

[emmaverybo]

12. So sad. Amazing how fast a life goes by.

[Texaswitchy]

13. It is.

She had health issues.

This virus might kill her.

She died in her sleep.

[canetoad]

7. I've just picked a bag each

Of tomatoes and rocket (I think you call it aragula?) for my friends. It's autumn is Australia and I'm a bit worried that we are going into winter when the full brunt of the coronavirus hits us.

My three closest friends and I have made a pact to look out for each other and pool food and supplies when someone is short. None of us are panic buyers or hoarders.

I have a good permaculture thing going in the backyard; potatoes, herbs, rocket, tomatoes, silverbeet, butternut pumpkins - all continually re-sow themselves, so NO SCURVY for us!

Neighbours are your best resource. You don't need to live in each other's pockets, just collect the mail when they're away and say hello when you see them. I'm very lucky, both sides and across the road are good people.

Also remember the Cuban missile crisis; I was a kid in the midlands of England before we migrated to Aust. Everyone was on edge at the prospect of nuclear war. One night the street lit up with dazzling lights, burning, clicking, popping sounds were heard and everyone rushed into the street, convinced this was the end. It wasn't - power lines had iced up and broken under the weight!

[Texaswitchy]

8. I was almost eight years.

My parents took us to my grandparents farm.

To get away from the city and the other tv..

I spent the time flying kites in the hay meadow.

I was just old enough to understand what was going on.

[roamer65]

9. I forgot your March is our September.

April is gonna be bad month in both hemispheres, sadly.

[canetoad]

10. Silver lining, roamer

My cannabis is nearly ready. Isolation will be bearable.

[roamer65]

11. Hell yeah!

You won’t even remember it.

[Greybnk48]

14. My 25 y/o grandmother died of Spanish Flu.

It has haunted my entire life. Her name was Margaret, but they called her Madge. She came here from Belfast with her 3 aunts and her soon to be husband. My father was the oldest when she died, he was 5 1/2. He had 3 siblings (Irish Catholic birth control) under the age of 5 and she was not quite 6 months pregnant.

I named my daughter after her, but it's Maggie, not Madge.

[Texaswitchy]

15. I think of my.baby aunt.

She went quickly

My grandfather never really got over it.

He really wanted a baby girl after three boys