It will be weeks before the stimulus checks go out. And, really, they are not meant to keep small businesses going. They are meant to help people pay their rent. As I wrote in a previous post, take a walk through your neighborhood, its shuttered shops and empty sidewalks are a sign of worse to come. Yesterday I learned I'd lost my first student. She was withdrawn from the school. I suppose the parent decided that since they were doing most of the work in educating her there was no reason to pay the school for those services too. Here at Castle Boylan my hair continues to grow. I should be going into the barber for a trim. But under the circumstances that's not happening. I'd love to call some friends to come over for a game night, but-- not going to happen. Restaurants are out. Worship is out. Walking is okay, as long as the group is small. No tennis, no exercise clubs. People are going to places like Walmart simply to walk around the aisles and look at things. Yo...