Posts Tagged ‘pandemic’
Darkness at Dinner: Farewell to Mrs. K’s, Sergio’s and the rest
“Amidst all the vagaries of life, there’s death and taxes, and Mrs. K’s Toll House,” or so I wrote in a restaurant review for The Washington Post in August 1998.…
Read MorePearl Harbor Day 2020
Dec. 7, 1941 – 79 years ago today – may indeed be a date that lives in infamy, even if barely remembered. A total of 2,403 died that day from…
Read MoreWe Gather Together–Apart
Happy Thanksgiving! (Or Happy Day After Thanksgiving, if you are seeing this on Friday) Today’s papers are filled with solemn holiday columns commenting on the sadness and irony we are…
Read More“Hello, sweetheart, get me obits!”
Obit writers are getting a lot of work these days. And maybe more recognition. The recognition is long overdue. The workload? Growing exponentially from the coronavirus pandemic, with more to come…
Read MoreThe Great Depression, a Scarred Generation–and the Coronavirus
Those of a certain age – specifically my age – have had parents who entered young adulthood during the Great Depression, for them perhaps an even more life defining event…
Read MoreAlone Together
Hello, world! Are you aging in place? “Is this what it was like during the air raids?” my 25-year old son asked me, knowing full well that we were fortunately…
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