In a Cabin, in the WoodsA personal perspective on the challenges of living through a global pandemic. When the COVID 19 pandemic hit, Michael Krger was suffering from severe shingles and just beginning treatment for leukemia. Because his immune system was so compromised that even a cough would have knocked him flat, he had to stay away from people. He retired to a wooden house near Lake Starnberg in Germany, and from there he dispatched his poetic messages. Krger's