That’s January arriving. Brace yourself Remember November? How it appeared burnished with gold and, as the weeks swelled into the feasting time, dripped with butter? Then December bustled in like a pleasantly plump auntie, eager to help decorate and shop…
So here are some haiku UnvaccinatedHave filled the ICU bedsHere, in our state, now Health care’s been rationedCalled “crisis standards of care”My love, be cautious Please don’t ride your bikeOr clean the gutters this weekWhat if you get hurt What…
Ready or not, it’s a different world My friends and I take a table outside and scan the posted QR code Three-dimensional menus are largely a casualty of the pandemic. It’s a small but pervasive shift, one of the reminders that…
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…
Haiku for patience A stimulus check,An appointment for a shot,Independence Day? Where are the markers?What will tell us it’s over?And can we trust that? Like newborn bear cubs,Drawn yet blinded by the lightFlooding our cramped dens, Weary of the darkAnd…