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I am the first one in the pool for the new season, which finally began on Monday, arriving along with several other swimmers well before the 11 am opening time.We didn’t know what to expect with the new schedule: only two of three municipal pools open for two hour shifts, beginning mid-July instead of theContinue reading “Parallel Play”

It seems like ages ago when we first went to CVS to buy face masks, gloves and a case of soap, which I had read was the best way to kill germs. The stores were crowded and solemn, customers like confused deer caught in the headlights of the news of Covid 19. The supermarkets wereContinue reading “Tunnel meet light: my Haircut with Addie”

We are in the heart of the season of the yard once again, this year more essential than ever as besides regular walks to the park and minimal shopping trips, we are essentially homebound. This holiday weekend more households than ever will join us (hopefully – the less outings now the more likely that schoolContinue reading “Outdoor Seating”

I’m wearing one of my old cotton dresses and a pair of worn down Crocs, trying to pick up from breakfast and discouraged that three cups of coffee have done little to wake me up. There’s a knock at the door. “May we come in?” “Yes, but the house is a mess; I’m so sorry”Continue reading “Nun Better (on community)”

I’ve been doing a free online boot camp for nearly two months, at the recommendation of my neighbor who was one of many loyal participants in the in-person version the trainer/teacher has run for years. For all the ways I’m feeling Zoom fatigue, there are plenty of advantages, like being able to converse or inContinue reading “Moving through the Day (modified)”

Your first march was in 1999 when you were still a baby. It was in response to the killing of Amadou Diallo, a Guayanese immigrant who was shot 41 times by plain clothes policemen who claimed that they thought he was a rapist still at large. I pushed you in your stroller as we crossedContinue reading “Safe”

I am back after a much needed break: to take in my birthday and related activities; to recover after a fall (as if I needed a reminder of the vulnerability of my aging body), to focus on the unrest throughout the country that has left me both heartbroken and hopeful, and closer to home toContinue reading “Perennial Impatience”

Never throw anyone out of your heart. – Neem Karoli Baba I just completed an online Metta (lovingkindness) retreat, at the kind encouragement of my friend S, who also participated along with 600 + other people. I did the best I could and despite the practical ways this was more accessible – no travel andContinue reading “another breath, another decade”

On the list for my weekly shopping trip: sour cream for coffee cake, orange to zest, and Pam or some other cooking spray, which has been out of stock at our store since so many of us are are baking while stuck at home. Since quarantine, B and V (who I’ve dubbed the fabulous bakerContinue reading “the fabulous baker boys”

and other Advice from a Wise Old Dog My person who usually writes this is feeling pretty wiped out this week so I offered to be the guest blogger (as I’ve done several times before, pawrenthetically). Slowing down is not a bad thing. Yes, it takes me twenty minutes to go around the block. MyContinue reading “Stop and Smell the Trees”