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Whom to Remember on Mother’s Day

I propose that we enlarge Mother’s Day to honor not just our biological mothers but our spiritual mothers as well.  They are the teachers, neighbors, aunts, family friends and others whose generosity of spirit left an indelible [...]

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Home Alone

If you live alone, if your family is scattered far and wide, if you recently lost a partner or spouse, if you can’t afford the plane fare to visit family or to enjoy a holiday escape, you may be feeling miserable and lonely, making you a prime candidate for the holiday blues.  No one wants to feel left out, but don’t fall prey to [...]

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Home Alone For the Holidays

The holiday season is upon us.  Thanksgiving is next week, soon to be followed by Christmas and Hanukkah where images of happy extended families are portrayed in TV commercials and Hallmark specials.  But if you’re among all those older women and men who live alone, who don’t have a family to celebrate with, or who recently lost a partner, [...]

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Snow, Deb Haaland, Xmas Memories & More!

SNOW! My city of Portland, Maine was on track to receive 6” of snow but we got 17!” This morning I took one look at my buried car and went back inside. Once it warms up,  I will tackle all the snow covering it.  My heart goes out to all the unhoused in this bitter weather. I learned of two unhoused who died this week.  It makes my heart [...]

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A Very COVID Christmas

GUEST POST By JANET WEIL   “All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth” – popular song by Donald Yetter Gardner, 1944 All I want for this Hanukah/Christmas season is two injections of COVID vaccine. Well, not all – I want the vaccine for my son the paramedic, my 99-year-old father-in-law, my husband about to turn 70, [...]

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