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Category: Observer

Where Are We?

by observerJanuary 15, 20211 Comment

Just to take stock, this is where we are today, Jan. 15, 2021. Covid-19 cases are up 27% across the country in the last 14 days and deaths up 39% according to the New York Times. We are being warned…

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Observer, Uncategorized

My Head is Jangling

by observerJanuary 12, 2021January 12, 20212 Comments

My head is jangling from the events of last week. Who could believe so many monumental developments could be crammed into one week: Trump’s phone call trying to change election results in Georgia, the election itself, the determination by so…

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22801, Observer, Uncategorized

Thank You Letters

by observerDecember 28, 20201 Comment

A friend, David Brown, wrote in his blog this week about a practice he has taken up this year of writing one thank you letter a week to someone who has had an impact on his life: "I turned sixty-five…

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Observer, Uncategorized

2020: Bang!

by observerDecember 20, 20201 Comment

I was thinking of proposing to my family that we each come up with an image for New Year’s Day of how we will dispose of 2020. I imagined blowing up a very big balloon, writing 2020 on it with…

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22801, Observer, Uncategorized

A Somber Christmas

by observerDecember 4, 2020December 5, 2020Leave a comment

Christmas spirit is erupting. All over the neighborhood people have their lights up: icicles, strings, colored bulbs, white. Am I imagining it or are there more than usual? The neighbors have dragged out the inflatable snowmen (in one sad yard,…

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22801, Observer, Uncategorized

Savoring the Moment

by observerNovember 9, 20201 Comment

The news is already full of the problems ahead, with a president who refuses to concede, a Senate that will probably be obstructionist, a divided country, but I am taking a moment just to savor what has happened. In the…

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22801, Observer

Pandemic Election

by observerNovember 5, 20201 Comment

Voting took place two days ago. It seems fitting that like everything else this year, it is the subject of great anxiety, conflicting reports, volleys on the left and volleys on the right. Is that because of the pandemic or…

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22801, Observer

The Bitter and the Savory

by observerOctober 17, 20202 Comments

We are all looking for ways to find meaning during this time that just seems to stretch on and on. I love baking, but since I started having a wheat intolerance, I haven’t been doing much baking. Instead, I’ve been…

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22801, Observer, Uncategorized

Reading My Way Through the Pandemic

by observerOctober 9, 2020October 9, 2020Leave a comment

I find that one of the few pleasures of this time is reading. I am reading more than usual, but with no children to chase around, I have more time than many other people. For me it is submersion. The…

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22801, Observer, Uncategorized

Creativity, Courage, and Resilience

by observerSeptember 21, 20201 Comment

We took a trip to DC yesterday and it is interesting to see how differently various localities are treating mask wearing. In Washington, every person on the street had a mask on. This is because of an order from the…

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22801, Observer, Uncategorized

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