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All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: June 19
Hello again on the last day of spring!
After 100+ days of quarantine, local restaurants opened for outside dining and you can now go into stores. Some churches will reopen this weekend but many will continue to worship online or host outdoor gatherings because of crowd limitations. Today, for the first time since March 13, I took a short drive to get gas although I still had a quarter of a tank. I stopped at a red light and saw about...
All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: June 7
We have made it, as individuals and families, towns, states and country, through sad, terrible and, somehow, encouraging days and nights over the past 11 weeks. Life is forever changing and hopefully for the better.
Here are some stories that are life-affirming, about doing good.
Dr. Kato
Among other things that made me cry, you recall seeing Dr. Tomoaki Kato, the liver transplant expert who contracted the Corona virus...
All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: May 23
Well, here we are, at the end of the ninth week, Dante’s innermost circle, kicking summer off. Many tri-state beaches are open and the wagons are circling our governors for their sins of keeping us safe. Time will tell. I love this image from Italy.
We have such a...
All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: May 16
Hello again, here we are at the end of week 8 and the weekend before Memorial Day. Our tri-state governors have announced that the beaches will be open for the holiday. Some people are beside themselves with excitement. Others aren’t so sure.
This has been a gorgeous spring in the Garden State; even though we’ve had to (mostly) stay inside, we can take walks and the flowers in the neighborhood are lovely. People have started their...
All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: May 8
Hello,
Well, we’ve made it through week 7. I bought some nice marmalade right before Christmas and ran out of the jam I’d had today. So I wanted to open the jar of marmalade. But try as I might I couldn’t open it. The high point of my day (maybe my week — we’ll have to see what happens in the next few days) was asking the FedEx man to open it for me and he did and we gave each other a virtual high five…
...All purpose newsletter: May 1 (and plan for Mother's Day)
Hello,
It’s May Day. Here is a photo I took in Paris last May Day on a trip with Stephen and Kathy. We were going to meet up with our friend Jim, but the gilets jaunes blocked all the bridges and boarded up the subways. So we took the boat around Paris, got off at Montmartre and met up with Jim that way. It was a crazy and amazing day.
All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: April 26
Hello on this rainy day. It’s Lucille Ball’s birthday.
Weekend horoscope:
https://astrostyle.com/horoscopes/daily/ (link is external)
Watch tonight:
Stephen Sondheim’s 90th birthday celebration: 8pm Eastern
...All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: April 23
Hello! It’s Shakespeare’s birthday. Here’s his story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3RyQxEdPmY (link is external)
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Famous lines of poetry rewritten by Dave Pell
O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done...
All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: April 22
Hello. It’s Earth Day! Big music day.
Poem
April is National Poetry Month. Dave Pell has revised some famous lines:
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
I am not coming to your luncheon.
Film: Fake Tan
The Guardian has done a series of shorts about life in the EU. They’re short and sweet.
An Irish woman is splitting up with her English boyfriend...
All purpose COVID-19 newsletter: April 21
Hello! Happy XXI.IV.MMXX
Horoscope
https://astrostyle.com/horoscopes/daily/ (link is external)
Birthdays today
Queen Elizabeth, Patti Lupone
Recipe
Ikea Swedish meatballs (includes directions)