Stuck in Spain. The U.S. Government is a Banana Empire

Rose Saying Hi to Steemians From Montjuic, Barcelona

First off, I am typing this rant with big fingers onto tiny rectangles on a small phone. Enormously frustrating! My post will be brief but to the point. My wife and I have COVID. We feel strong, however, my government is weak and ineffectual. It has refused our entry back into the United States. Our first out of country flight after 29 years of togetherness. We cannot return for 11 days without a "document of recovery" by a Spanish doctor. No help, no direction, from U.S. Consulate. Thousands of dollars to buy new flights and find housing and food for 11 days. This will most certainly enrich airlines and banks (credit card companies). At home we need only isolate for 5 days (the capitalists need their obedient workers) after a positive COVID test. No other country in Europe is laying this mind torture on it sick citizens. And several health clinics we have called (using Google Translate poorly), have not even heard of this policy. (Nor do I expect them to have heard). So the U.S. restricts our return and expects Rose and I to contaminate Spanish citizens while being drained of both our savings and enthusiasm.

Today I declare myself an anarchist. I have no country. And no country has me.

Meanwhile, here are two paintings made on the bathroom floor of our hotel room in Barcelona (as difficult a procedure as one finger typing on this phone).

I Think Europeans Aren't Afraid to Trust Their Bodies 2022. Acrylic on wood panek, 11 x 14"

Rose Went to Tarragona 2022. Acrylic on wood panel, 11 x 14"