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• A new dawn

  January 20, 2021

  After it became official that we had finally turned the corner in this country to a new era of hope after the terrible black cloud of the past four years had finally been blown away, I feel such a heavy burden has been lifted. The air seems fresher, the sunlight on this beautiful spring-like day&...

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• Thoughts on turning 70

  January 19, 2021

  Levity, levity — Oswego’s almost 70. In just a few short weeks, the date on the calendar I’ve been thinking about a lot the past couple of years will roll around. My 70th birthday will arrive, and there will be no celebrating, just relief and gratitude that I made it to this milestone year despit...

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• Healing our nation’s wounded soul

  January 17, 2021

  In light of the events of January 6 and the four nightmarish, dystopian years which preceded and directly led up to that horrific and shameful day in our history, I have read and re-read these two quotes. They express in a few short words what might take me pages to write, out of anger and…

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• Photographic visions during the pandemic

  January 14, 2021

  One thing I’ve learned during the pandemic about my passion for photography: I may be self-quarantining and I may not be able to travel or take day trips like I used to, but more than ever I’ve discovered that there is a universe of subjects, objects, landscapes and scenes of daily life to photog...

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• Away from it all

  January 10, 2021

  But indeed, it is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of the air, that emanation from the old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.  Robert Louis Stevenson   Today, and during this comi...

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• A former caregiver looks back in wonder and gratitude

  January 4, 2021

    This January 28 will mark one year since my mother passed away.  I lived with her for ten years, taking care of all her needs until the end with the assistance of Hospice and five part-time caregivers/home aides, several of whom had been with us for five or more years. Fortunately, I was a...

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• Hope at last

  January 1, 2021

  For just as the harshest winter always gives way to the warm blush of spring, the season of our suffering will give way to a brighter tomorrow, where change becomes a catalyst for new growth and spiritual maturity, and we are able to move on with the joyfulness of being alive. Author unknown &nbs...

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• Traveling across “The Loneliest Road in America”

  December 29, 2020

  There is a certain ten-year period in my life — 1984-1994 — that I will never forget, for so many reasons. I’ve written about that decade before and referred to it as a time of “wandering in the wilderness.” But it was also true of me during this time that “not all who wander are…

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• A story of enchantment and love

  December 25, 2020

  I remember 20 years ago when I started writing my first online journal and people began reading it and emailing me. I was so thrilled because it had been years since my newspaper column writing days. I encountered so many fascinating an intelligent people who wanted to have discussions by email. ...

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