One blessing from the current coronavirus stay-at-home order is that I have realized how little I need. My purchases plummeted once I was confined to my house. No spur-of-the-moment stops at a coffee shop for chai. No shopping sprees for a new spring wardrobe. Not even a trip to the […]
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A Childhood Epizootic
In these days of the coronavirus, every cough and every ache or pain makes us fearful. At least, that’s how I’m feeling these days. Spring is coming regardless of the pandemic, and I try to take solace in the warmer days, the brilliant sunshine, the greening of trees and lawns. But […]
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Today is Wednesday, March 18. As of last Wednesday, March 11, my children and their cousins were all scheduled to fly to Kansas City this week for a meeting this coming weekend about family farmland. As of Thursday, March 12, we cancelled their trip. Why the change in plans? Coronavirus. […]
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