In One Month — Everything Changed

Today I foreclosed on one theatre and sold another. It is a sad day. When the new decade of the roaring 20s began, I had the aspirations and goals to become the largest independent theatre chain in America one day… today I am trying to save my last theatre. I don’t know what has happened to the world, but it has all changed… every single square inch of it.

It was a month ago that we went out for the last time and celebrated my brother-in-law’s birthday in public. What a gift that night was. The vines of panic were already gripping society, but we were able to eat out and celebrate life one last final time before the world shut down. What transpired and happened to the world where simple pleasures like breaking bread outside of a home is now seen as a fleeting memory and a luxury?

I look at old photos, videos, and business plans of bringing people together. My main business as a theatre and restaurant owner was getting people out of their houses and communing with one another. I wanted to share the experience of good food and good stories (a heavenly combo) with the world and in small towns across America. Today that dream is a distant remembrance. It will not be sustainable or feasible to pursue this career for sometime now. The damage that has already been done to society, and to our psyche is irreversible. The fear is set deep in own bones and we are now…