Daylight Savings Time crept up on me this past weekend. Really, is it already time to set the clocks forward an hour? I find this adjustment jarring. I’d rather just let the sun tell me what time it is. According to Harvard Health, we’d all be better off sticking to standard time. But DST has […]

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Nearly every night for the past 11 days, I have been reveling in the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Watching these amazing athletes’ extraordinary feats has been the best antidote to horrible headlines and stress. It has also helped me get through my bout with the flu and the lagging fatigue and residual, annoying cough. I […]

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Despite our vaccines last fall, the flu has found its way into our home. On Sunday afternoon, Al came back from running errands, went upstairs and went to bed. He never does this. He roused for supper and ate well, then lay down on the couch. Definitely out of character. So I dug out a […]

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As of midday Monday, as I write, we are immersed in white. Al shoveled a foot-and-a-half of snow for two hours this morning, then fell asleep in his armchair for a while. At some point this afternoon he’ll go back outside and finish clearing our drive. We’re expecting up to another three inches by nightfall. […]

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Early Monday morning I was awakened by what I thought, in my half-dream state, were raccoons or some other large critters running around on our roof and climbing in the gutters. Then I heard voices outside. I roused myself to look out the front window and discovered a row of city public works trucks outside, […]

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It’s only December and it feels like January here in Massachusetts. Rolling up in a ball and hibernating sounds enticing. It’s hard to get myself out of the house, let alone out of bed in the morning. When I sit too long at my computer, I stiffen and need to rouse myself. But I know […]

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As I was writing just now, I realized that I am typing with only my pinkies these days, with my thumbs handling the space bar. (Using an Apple keyboard makes this possible, because it requires only a very light touch.) Usually I also use my right ring finger, but it’s been out of commission for […]

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For all of the bad things that happened during the COVID pandemic, the one good thing that happened for me was reconnecting with old friends over Zoom. Five years ago, when we were hunkered down, I looked up friends from my teens and twenties and caught up online. Some of us have continued those conversations, […]

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Beautiful, crisp fall weather this weekend beckoned for a walk. Our trees here in Central Massachusetts have carpeted lawns and streets with leaves, but there is still much beautiful foliage to enjoy. So I set out on Saturday afternoon to stroll through a historic cemetery in our fair city. Why a cemetery, you ask? Because […]

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