Category Health

Under the Heat Dome

We fled the California fires, and here we are Living in Napa Valley was a dream come true, at first In 2014 when we moved to the lovely little Wine Country town of St. Helena, we kept pinching ourselves. Here we…

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The Next Big Thing

Somebody invent this right away Is it weird to be excited about a hearing aid? Of course, I’m way too young for such a thing. But my employee health benefits include coverage for a good chunk of the expense, and…

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Discovering the Fountain of Youth

Well, more like the fountain of not so old I’m not a young thing anymore, and I’m okay with that Considering what a befuddled twit I was in my youth, I really wouldn’t want to go there again — unless I could do…

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Emerging From the Pandemic

Lessons from the last year I hope not to forget The dark winter of 2020–21 is behind us, giving way to an uneven spring. Depending on your circumstances — your profession, your age, where you live, whether or not you’ve been vaccinated,…

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Dropping the Mask, Not

Post-vaccination masking motivations We’ve been shot! Twice! Thank God  As an educator as well as a woman of a certain age, I’ve been fully inoculated for a month. My husband is of similar vintage but due to various details too tedious…

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