{"id":18013,"date":"2020-10-12T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=18013"},"modified":"2020-10-12T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:29:25","slug":"as-a-pandemic-presses-on-waves-of-grief-follow-its-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2020\/10\/as-a-pandemic-presses-on-waves-of-grief-follow-its-path\/","title":{"rendered":"As a pandemic presses on, waves of grief follow its path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The World of Music lost John Prine to COVID a few weeks back. He would&#8217;ve been 74 this week. I&#8217;m still heartbroken each time I think about how we lost this songwriting giant, way before his time, to a faceless killer that has now been weaponized for the political season&#8230;weaponized against the American people by their own leaders.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all lost a LOT in the last 8 months.<\/p>\n<p>Because of Trump&#8217;s ignorance and inability to trust in science and the experts at CDC and WHO, thousands of people have died needlessly. Thousands of families are missing loved ones. Thousands of broken hearts and empty chairs at the dinner tables around the country. Thousands that didn&#8217;t have to die.<\/p>\n<p>If Trump had been the perfect president for the last three years, this fact alone could make me vote for Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<p>Of course, Trump has NOT been the perfect president&#8230;although he HAS come very, VERY close to being perfectly WRONG on just about EVERYTHING. It&#8217;s just so fucking&#8230;SAD for all the rest of us. ~jg<\/p>\n<p>#Biden2020 <\/p>\n<p>As a pandemic presses on, waves of grief follow its path https:\/\/bit.ly\/3iS5cTd #jg<\/p>\n<p>The Article &#8216;As a pandemic presses on, waves of grief follow its path&#8217; originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/as-a-pandemic-presses-on-waves-of-grief-follow-its-path-loss-john-prine-grief-sense-homeland-b991038.html\">https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/as-a-pandemic-presses-on-waves-of-grief-follow-its-path-loss-john-prine-grief-sense-homeland-b991038.html<\/a><br \/>\nJamie&#8217;s comments are his own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The World of Music lost John Prine to COVID a few weeks back. He would&#8217;ve been 74 this week. I&#8217;m still heartbroken each time I think about how we lost this songwriting giant, way before his time, to a faceless killer that has now been weaponized for the political season&#8230;weaponized against the American people by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[582,586,589,565,587,585],"tags":[593,596,96,594,592,523],"class_list":["post-18013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-blog-2","category-editorial-2","category-imo","category-jamiegray","category-moregray","category-opinion-3","tag-editorial","tag-imo","tag-jamiegray","tag-moregray","tag-opinion","tag-blog","post_format-post-format-image"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16797,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/09\/hidden-pyramid-among-thousands-of-ancient-maya-structures-revealed-by-new-aerial-survey\/","url_meta":{"origin":18013,"position":0},"title":"Hidden Pyramid Among Thousands of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed by New Aerial Survey","date":"September 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"This is so cool. They just found like a whole Mayan city. The Article 'Hidden Pyramid Among Thousands of Ancient Maya Structures Revealed by New Aerial Survey' originally appeared on https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/hidden-pyramid-among-thousands-of-ancient-maya-structur-1829364134 Jamie's comments are his own.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":17207,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2019\/01\/photographer-captures-breathtaking-moment-thousands-of-starlings-form-shape-of-giant-bird\/","url_meta":{"origin":18013,"position":1},"title":"Photographer captures breathtaking moment thousands of starlings form shape of giant bird","date":"January 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Happy 2019! Birds making bird art. That is all. 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It's gonna make a difference...especially as your older supporters start dying off, as dinosaurs do. The Article 'Thousands on gun control rally sign up to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16147,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/the-beer-lovers-guide-to-drinking-in-new-york-city\/","url_meta":{"origin":18013,"position":3},"title":"The beer lover\u2019s guide to drinking in New York City","date":"April 6, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"I've not personally been to any of these fine establishments, but somebody obviously took the time to do a lot of beer drinking in NYC and then wrote this article. So, if you're not from here and don't know of any of the thousands of other fine beertending establishments in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;#blog&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":16546,"url":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2018\/07\/facebook-post-written-by-lost-stuffed-animal-will-make-you-ugly-cry\/","url_meta":{"origin":18013,"position":4},"title":"Facebook post &#8216;written&#8217; by lost stuffed animal will make you ugly cry","date":"July 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Have you seen my little friend? Lost stuffie, found alone in Bradley International Airport, goes viral looking for it's owner. 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