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Then and Now

Some thoughts from Maggie - This week, I undertook a project that I have been putting off for some time. Over time, I have acquired many personal photographs and those of my family. I have preserved them in large and heavy photo albums that have now proven too heavy to lug around. I have decided that it is time to go through them again and send many of the family photos to my sister and brother. One never takes on a project like this without experiencing some emotion. The family photographs date back to the 1800’s and a few are “tintypes” which are quite interesting. Tintypes were produced in the 1850’s and 1860’s. As a result, I have spent the…

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April 17, 2020

Peace

A Handshake and a Sneeze

(On this day, Maggie is pondering...) Today is Good Friday for those of you who practice the Christian religion. I do remember going to church years ago and, towards the end of the service, we were instructed to give the sign of peace which was a gentle handshake and a smile with others near you. I also remember learning as a child to say “God Bless You” to anyone who sneezed. I was taught as a child that it was good manners and I have always been curious about the origin of this ritual and that of shaking hands. As we look to science for answers, it might be interesting to note that a sneeze can fly at 100 miles…

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April 10, 2020

Peace

Dreams or Reality

(A reflection from Maggie...) Andrea and I are now over two weeks into the distancing and isolation. A week ago, I awoke at 3am worried about the “supply chain.” How are we going to continue to get groceries and other needed items?! From a sleepy haze, I tried to solve this problem. Maybe this will be the rebirth and return of the American farmer. Having solved that problem, I eventually fell back to sleep. For those of you who aren’t “Preppers” (Survivalists) or don’t live on a functioning farm, you may be asking the same question. But hopefully not at 3:00 a.m. or at least we hope not. We do hope after we are on the other side of this…

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April 3, 2020

Peace

Adapt and Evolve

Because of the coronavirus, our regular social structure has been disrupted, our lives may feel strange, and the stressors of these dramatic and rapid changes are and will affect all of us. The physical and psychological toll will be huge if we do not evolve and adapt in a positive way by accepting what we have control over and what we do not. This health crisis may be deemed as the Ice Age for our social society. In the future, we may have more interactions with only those people whom we know who have evidence of testing negative for the virus. A medical breakthrough could be a temporary tattoo that is evidence of the virus’s negativity that fades when retesting…

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April 1, 2020

Social Justice

The Fear Comes in Waves

As a family, we are adapting or trying to adapt to this new “abnormal”, as we call it. Our fear comes in waves. Our normal structure of volunteer work, socialization, and down time have all disappeared. Suddenly, we have no structure. We are told to stay home. Grocery shopping and picking up medication only at a distance and at a risk. The indicators that define the days of the week or the time of day are missing. No reason to set the alarm clock or complain about having to get up early. That is gone. Our bodies started to tell us to go to sleep when it got dark and to wake when the light came up. We were sensing…

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March 31, 2020

Social Justice

Red Alert!

A Public Health Red Alert comes across your phone instructing all those over 65 to stay in their residences. Reminiscent of the old black and white Japanese Godzilla movies, we take to our tv to see what is happening. This is the world that we live in today. Inside is now safe and outside is risky. How quickly that has changed from the old “Mom rule” of going outside, get some fresh air, or you will get sick. Now, it is keep your distance and stay safe inside. If you are retired, you stay inside or, if you are working, hopefully you can work from home. If you work in the medical field, you are not so lucky. We have…

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March 30, 2020

Social Justice

Social Evolution

Every big crisis brings with it changes to society. Covid-19 will be no exception. When kidding around three weeks ago that Starbucks may have to close, we had no idea of the reality of this watershed event. As many of us sit isolated in our homes, we face immense changes in our daily lives most of which have cut us off from friends, family, and our sense of day to day normalcy. The new normal is not normal at all. It has been described as odd and strange and scary. With our lives apparently on the line, we live as if we are in war times and are fighting a bug smaller than the eye can see that could potentially…

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March 19, 2020

Peace / Social Justice

Crisis or Opportunity

Our neighbor dropped off a melon for us today on her way back home from the grocery store. I washed the outside with a homemade Clorox solution, dried it, and put it in the kitchen. I did this while wondering what to do with our theater tickets for next week. You can’t deny that something is happening. We are cautious about grocery shopping and have already stocked up on essentials. At a store this morning, I safely kept 3 or more feet from the person in front of and behind me in line. I washed my hands and my wrists with my favorite hand sanitizing pad when leaving the store, not forgetting the steering wheel once I was in my…

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March 11, 2020

Peace / Social Justice

Pardon Me!

The Law is wrong. Crime is right. Up is down and Down is up. Is anyone else feeling the strangeness in the air these days? White collar crime is okay and Trump is pardoning anyone that looks or acts like him. He even recently admitted that he likes and enjoys the chaos. We are sure that there is a diagnosis for this kind of behavior like Narcissistic Personality Disorder with Sociopathic traits. The Senate, in failing to do its job, has unleashed a monster of a President and has thrown this country into a hellish situation. Trump continues to stun America by implementing a novel rule of “do me a favor and you can do anything you want.” The lack…

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February 28, 2020

Social Justice

Where Are The Untouchables When We Need Them?

Al Capone was born in 1899 in New York City after his parents immigrated to this country from Italy. Capone was expelled from school in the 6th grade at the age of 14 for hitting a teacher. While growing up, he belonged to notorious street gangs in NYC. He was an American gangster and businessman and later became a full-fledged mobster and bootlegger who acquired the nickname of “Scarface” after he was slashed in the face by an opposing gang member. Early on, Capone murdered a player who won at a craps game but he was not convicted because no one “witnessed” the murder. He was later invited by an established crime boss to move from NYC to Illinois where…

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February 12, 2020

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