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Category: Loneliness and isolation

TO TRAVEL OR NOT TO TRAVEL, THAT IS THE QUESTION.

Marla and I had some serious decisions to make. We hadn’t visited with our youngest daughter Stacy and her family for over a year. We missed them all like crazy! Would our grandkids still remember us? Well of course they would,…but we wanted to see them…

2020… FROM THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR TO OPTIMISM AND HOPE

Charles Dickens said it best in his “Tale of Two Cities”, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity…

THE GREAT SHIFT

We are experiencing an unprecedented confluence of challenging events at the moment. The list is daunting, long, and often terrifying. I’ve tried to edit my normal high media input of TV, newspaper, and internet news but the onslaught of obfuscation from the present occupant of the Oval Office…

THE IMPORTANCE OF…HUMAN TOUCH

Hopefully soon we will be back to hugging again! This 6 feet of separation is really taking a toll on so many, especially those living alone. We are in this other world of semi-isolation resultant from being smart and safe in our COVID-19 world. I want to protect…