For the last few years, I’ve made a point of wishing my friends a Happy & Healthy New Year. Perhaps it was the time I spent taking care of my aging parents or maybe it was my growing awareness of the importance of HEALTH in all things? But right now—as the northern hemisphere heads toward a dark, cold period of months, lightened only by progress of vaccines; and the southern hemisphere dives into a summer when the mandate of staying socially distant argues with our natural inclination to have fun in the sun together—I’m wishing everyone good health and patience.
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The Pandemic Book Club
“First, we start with gods that have sex.” Harry8 shouted. “Like the Greek gods?” I asked. “I was thinking about those, those… yoga gods with lots of arms and….” “You mean Tantric yoga deities…” GloryZ, hung her head, so that her face disappeared beneath her rectangle on the screen. “Yeah, that’s what I meant. But the Greek ones, too, March. Their gods were bouncing in and out of bed.” “Leda and the swan,” Fred718 added. “Sounds kinky!” Harry8 was gleeful. And that’s how we decided to start our own religion. I
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Comfort Food
Comfort food is a big deal right now. The world is crazy so have a big helping of something that makes you feel comforted—if not entirely comfortable. “Comfort Food” often leaves the eater uncomfortably over-stuffed. That extra large bowl of Mac ‘n Cheese, the triple scoop of ice cream, or a big plate of fries might go down easy, but they have consequences. We all have things we love to eat that don’t love us back. It’s who we are. And that brings me to what our favorite comfort foods say about us. Food as an insight into character, lifestyle,
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What Did You Do During the WAR?
That’s a classic question. It’s led to all sorts of fiction—and plenty of dissembling and outright lies. What did you do during the war grandpa? Oh, I was a pilot—a resistance fighter, a double agent, a USO bandleader… In ten and twenty and twenty-five years, someone will ask: What did you accomplish during the pandemic? Did you write a novel? Did you take up organic gardening? Did you save the post office? Did you learn a second language? Stories are bound to come out of this thing. Right? Some of those stories will be as fictitious as
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