How was your December? Did you postpone holiday celebrations or scale them down to keep you and your loved ones safer from coronavirus? I know I did. The pandemic and the political turmoil cast a murky, grey shadow over the month for many of us. The Zoom caroling my carolers and I did offered us… [Continue Reading]
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A Carol For New Year’s Day
Was 2020 really that bad? Here is the carol I discussed on my “Now You Noel” radio segment on WEEU’s Vantage Point show on December 30, 2020. The history is rich, and the content invited introspection. I hope you enjoy it. The Old Year Now Away Is Fled(Sung to the tune “Greensleeves”)1. The old year… [Continue Reading]
Helpful Hints to manage Covid-19 from Home
I consider myself fortunate to have been infected with Coronavirus relatively early, in this pandemic, and to be able to help people on the other side of it. I’ve shared the soothers, strengtheners and remedies I employed to help me get through it on social media. As more and more people become infected with the… [Continue Reading]
I drove America’s first ER doctor to die of COVID-19 home from his last shift. What he taught me may have saved my life. Here’s what he wanted us all to know.
I look down at his face – smiling with serious eyes – from the glossy paperback book that’s been staring up at me from my kitchen table for weeks. I feel at once responsible and unworthy to tell (t)his story. Still, he looks up at me with that patient smile through those piercing eyes. I… [Continue Reading]