November: Celebrations & Politics

CELEBRATIONS Covid Thanksgiving For most everyone I know, Covid-19 put a crimp in their holiday plans.  Travel cancelled, gatherings reduced in size, no family present and on it goes.  It’s probably the strangest Thanksgiving most of us have experienced.  But ours was still a very good one.   We are healthy (priority one, I’d say), and we enjoyed a …

Escaping the Pandemic: Reading & Eating

Covid-19 has limited activities for most everyone to some extent.  Those of us who are more vulnerable are spending more time at home, not dining out, and not going to concerts or plays.  What do we do?  If you’re an avid reader like me, then you might tackle several of those tomes you’ve always been meaning to read—or …

Diversions: Reading & Viewing

ETA This is the hurricane season that just doesn’t want to quit. It was a wild week with tropical storm Eta bearing down on Florida’s southwest coast. In our area, we experienced torrential rain (8 inches total) and wind gusts up to 50 miles an hour. At high tide, the surge brought brought water and …

Reading & Viewing: Marriage, Race, & Religion

MOMENTOUS WEEK Sunday, November 8, 2020 The 2020 presidential election is one for the history books. For many women, it was an especially momentous one. After the long wait all week, the afternoon was suddenly brighter. Watching Kamala Harris deliver her first speech as Vice President-elect last evening was simply marvelous. Then, after President-elect Joe …