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A NEW DANCE

Life and Living, Pandemic
We have a new dance and everybody (well, almost everybody) is doing it. It’s called the “Pandemic Dance.” It’s different from old-fashioned dances which require a certain intimacy between partners and sometimes with others on the dance floor. When you’re doing the Pandemic Dance, you don’t hold hands with anyone…

NORMAL TIMES-Part 2

Life and Living, Pandemic
We are in a 1950s science fiction movie— “The Invasion of the Body Snatchers.” In this movie, alien plant spores fall down from outer space and grow into large seed pods, each of which is designed to replicate the physical characteristics, memories, and personalities of a sleeping person and take over…

NORMAL TIMES

Life and Living, Pandemic
Until about two weeks ago, we were living in normal times. We took for granted that we could travel when and where we wanted, attend theaters, concerts, and religious services, go shopping…  Life wasn’t perfect—we worried about the election. We had our own personal issues and troubles. We began to…

SNOWBIRDING

Aging, Life and Living, Travel
SNOWBIRDING We’ve taken winter breaks before, but this time is different. We’ve come to Oceanside, California, just north of San Diego. We’re here for six and a half weeks—so we’ve joined the ranks of snowbirds. When we first got here, we wondered: what will we do for such a long…

A VALENTINE

Aging, Life and Living
When I was in grade school, we were supposed to send Valentine cards to all our classmates. We’d buy them in packages from Woolworth’s or Kresge’s… so everyone pretty much gave out the same tacky cards. It was a little intimidating. We were told to send cards to everyone—but what…

Organ Recitals

Aging
We visited our favorite aunt in Florida recently. She lives in a senior housing complex where they have their dinners together as part of their rent.   Our aunt, who is now age 94, has lived there for three years and is totally with-it. We were not at all surprised…

HIKING AND ART IN IRELAND

Creativity, Travel
You should have seen us, with our day-packs and poles, hiking up mountains, through bogs, along cliffs, and on winding pathways next to rivers. In September we went hiking along the Northwest and Southwest coasts of Ireland. We were on two back-to-back Roadscholar hiking trips. Do you believe in leprechauns?…

UNPACKING

Life and Living
We’ve moved. We’re now living in Abiitan Mill City—a senior residence in downtown Minneapolis, across from MacPhail Center for Music and down the street from the Guthrie Theater. So—we are now urban-dwellers, for the first time in our lives! The moving truck, which pulled up in front of our lawn…

MEMORIES AND STUFF

Aging, Life and Living
We’re moving from a house to an apartment—which means sorting and packing, packing and sorting, tossing stuff, keeping stuff… ad infinitum. It’s not just stuff we’re packing or tossing or sending to some other destination—it’s our lives. We’ve lived much longer than the forty years we’ve been in this house.…

What We Say

Life and Living
I heard that someone was going around my community saying malicious things about me. I was aghast. It’s chilling to know that people might listen to this person’s words. What’s interesting about gossiping is that everyone does it. Have you ever heard a “juicy” story that you just had to…
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