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“No” we can’t go to birthday parties. “No” we cannot hug those we love who live outside our homes, especially our grandkids and kids. We did not like hearing “NO!” when we were younger and dislike it even more when situations force it on us. Diminishing or even disappearing finances force to us decide “what […]

“Love” or “hate.” “Careful” or “careless.” “Wisely chosen” or “poorly chosen” Reading the headlines of articles these days, it seems to me that we are a race of “either or” persons. Difference leads to disagreement to disparagement to division to disruption to a death.. All suffer and none benefit. YET In physics one little pebble […]

Lament as a verb and noun exactly expresses, for me and many, our response to our current situation. While working in Baton Rouge at LSU I discovered both the joy and sorrow, the lament and the alleluia from two sources — Preservation Hall in New Orleans and our kitchen in the student center at LSU. […]

In our current times when we wonder about the next.. day, week, month, year, and such. How do you react and then respond to the phrase “the best is yet to come?” The following appeared in the Chicago Tribune on August 12th, 2000 in the Ann Landers column. Dear Ann Landers: Several readers, as well […]

Now that all of us have been “in place” for this extended time, we have all been and have rubbed people the wrong way. An aunt of mine once said that “relatives who stay more than three days with you become like cheese —they stink!” While graphic as this adage may be, some or much […]

When we hear the phrase “first responders,” of whom do we first think? Police, paramedics, firefighters, to be sure, come to mind. These persons highlight many a news cast. However, the first responders are the parents “in place” who cook, clean, cuddle, and care for their kids. In the prayer over the parents in the […]

Saturday morning involved assembling a lamp that had arrived in a box in pieces! This scenario tickles the memory of many an adult who put together a Christmas gift the night before. A bike actually worked and did not turn out to be a unicycle. Back to the lamp assembly, a three hour estimate of […]

Friday previously would typically mark the end of week in schools and workplaces. In schools where I would substitute teach, Friday offered many opportunities because staff longed for and arranged for three way weekends. In workplaces staff would countdown the time until… However in our current situation Friday has the sense of being “just another […]

Next week, next month, next year I would want to… Let’s complete that phrase. By this time let’s admit that we want, and even need to… Mother’s Day, Fourth of July, vacations, baseball games, barbecues — to mention just a few. Boundaries and borders now form these decisions, more than previously — six feet apart […]

While getting the Walmart grocery order earlier today, Carol and I talked about getting various items which we would need in the coming days and weeks. We were “preparing.” In my youth the Boy Scouts prepared and trained us to be prepared, to be alert! In 1907, Baden-Powell, an English soldier, devised the Scout motto: Be […]