There was a reminder this week from a friend about a family living week to week because of lost work hours due to the coronavirus pandemic.
No one in my family is in that situation, thankfully. But I do recall my start in the newspaper business in 1977. My weekly check at the Log Cabin Democrat — and I think this was take home pay — was $98. No doubt, I was living week to week.
I was single, lived in a house with two roommates and got by. Actually, I don’t recall difficulty. Maybe it was a simpler life.