Pandemonium

I used to have a hard and fast rule: Never write anything without a solid assignment from an editor. But living in the middle of a pandemic in the Province of Alberta has changed that. Our Third Wave is a Tsunami – the worst in North America at the moment. 

Then, a couple of weeks ago, I ran into a street preacher who told me it was awesome when people died of COVID-19. I had to write this essay knowing it didn’t fit the Op-Ed pages or any editors’ scheduled turn around times.  

I present Pandemonium: Snake Handling the Pandemic in Alberta.