PinnedHow Grief SubsidesThis title might be a little misleading. Grief might not really subside, but it might stop rising to the surface at…Apr 28, 2020Apr 28, 2020
Skipping to LidlWell, I didn’t really skip skip…and it’s only when I was leaving that I realized that some kind of burden had been lifted from me.May 7, 2021May 7, 2021
QAnon, unraveled, for the noviceIt’s a dark hole, riddled with sticky webs, when one tries to investigate QAnon.Feb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
Weaponizing religion, celebrity, and social media in support of anti-scienceAn observationFeb 27, 2021Feb 27, 2021
My subscription to the New Yorker expired last yearIt’s because of the growing pile of unread ones that have been accumulating since maybe 2013. Life…it had changed, and it has changed…Apr 26, 2020Apr 26, 2020
Not lonely in VirginiaOnce you are a widow or widower, your friends and the world at large assume that you are going to be lonely. One of the first things I…Feb 16, 2020Feb 16, 2020
So many boxes of candyMoe loved Godiva chocolates. We started buying them when they were exclusive. They weren’t prepacked in boxes then. They were only sold…Jan 27, 2020Jan 27, 2020
Alone with cancerSometimes you know you are in a waiting room with people who are seriously ill. A surgeon’s office, a hematologist, an oncologist. It’s…Jan 26, 2020Jan 26, 2020
My husband died, dammitAnyone who knows me knows that I don’t cuss. This is a special occasion.Jan 24, 2020Jan 24, 2020