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June 1, 2020
More Notes from the Crone House
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Following up on my husband’s advice and tuna salad: garlicky or onion-y dishes are also no fun to re-inhale through your mask. Then again, it may give you some idea of what others have to endure after you ingest such pungent fo...
May 26, 2020
Notes from the Crone House*
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There’s a lot of repetition in the advice that has swamped us over the last 3 months: wash your hands, keep 6 feet away, etc. I won’t repeat any more of it.
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Masks really are a sign of respect. If you find it too much, with to...
March 31, 2020
Yeah
About That:
Breakfast with Cats
It’s another damp, gray day, one of many in the past weeks. The gray costing Spring her bright and hopeful colors and the anticipation of going out doors again. Then again, so is the news that grows daily worse and worse...
March 19, 2020
Yeah
About That:
I know all of us are going through some weirdness lately, thanks to COVID-19. Shut-downs, schools on hiatus, jobs threatened, and some rather surreal scenes at grocery outlets. I will admit it: I’m worried and not a little scared. What helps...
February 21, 2020
Yeah
About that
One of Those Days
Some days I know it as soon as I drive into the parking lot. There’s a strange sensation in my mouth: a catch in the back of my throat that skitters like microscopic critters with thready legs dancing down my throat. Down my...
January 23, 2020
Remembering My Dad
Shiva was over right after Christmas. And now Sheloshim has passed. I continue to mourn my father.
It’s been more a mental process than a physical one; and a solitary one....
December 15, 2019
Notta ‘s Annuals
“Sometimes I really hate this time of the year!” Notta announced herself in the doorway of my office.
I was in a less than happy mood myself. We were days away from the official winter break, but, with our classroom empty and the time for class gone thi...