I didn't know him. But the organization he was associated with, Lutheran Church Charities Comfort Dogs, is near and dear to my heart.

Mom and some comfort friends:



Rich died of COVID. He was 68.

https://abc7chicago.com/comfor...es-covid-19/8638506/

I'm so sorry. On an unfortunately related note, my kids' clarinet teacher when they were in Arizona was engaged (for the first time, important because she is in her 40s) on October 6th. Her 47-year old fiancee died of Covid two days ago.

I'm losing it with the anti-maskers, anti-vaxxers and "it's just a flu" people. I'm really losing it with the people who feel that it's more important for them to have the "freedom" to not wear a mask than it is to save people's lives.

I'm wondering how many of these keyboard warriors would be willing to tell our friend that "it's just a flu," "people die of the flu all the time," and "I'm not letting people tell me what to do," etc., etc.