This Next Great Depression

From the Corona Files

Today’s Headline: 'World faces worst recession since Great Depression'

I was made for times like these

I’ve always been a tough mudder—a reference to the race run through an obstacle course of water and mud challenges, but also an innuendo for a tough motha. One time when I was straining the meat out of some disgusting casserole to make a sloppy joe sandwich, a friend saw what I was up to and said, “In the apocalypse I want you on my team.”

I was a saver, before saving was cool. For example, check out my bread tie collection. I re-use plastic wrap, getting multiple uses. I salvaged elastic, buckles, and buttons from old clothes before cutting them into rags to wax the floor, polishing my shoes with holey socks. Today I’m fashioning raggedy T-shirts into face masks—using hair ties stashed here and there for the elastic that slips over the ears.

I am the daughter of a daughter of the Great Depression.