Birthday Season It’s birthday season at my house, but there will not be any birthday cake this year. As it will, time has continued its forward march and my daughter turned 21 this week but she is far away at school, and I’ll be spending my birthday at work.  I am a big fan of […]

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Don’t worry, I’m fine In the last month (give or take a few days) I’ve had two occasions to don a hospital gown. Most women wear them a few times a year for anything from mammograms to visits to sundry doctors’ offices we routinely visit. Wearing a hospital gown is rarely noteworthy but in a […]

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Thanksgiving 2020 style Like most of you (I hope) this year I’ll be having a little Thanksgiving. And by little I mean dinner for two; my brother and me. In my entire life, this will be the second Thanksgiving I haven’t spent with my family. Each of my sisters will also be holding a little […]

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  • November 26, 2020 - 1:56 pm

    northie - I hope you keep healthy, Nancy. My American editor is self-isolating for Thanksgiving. 😒ReplyCancel

Homesick for no one Though it’s beautiful here, as the leaves turn color and I drive by apple trees laden with fruit, I am singing the homesick blues. I haven’t felt this kind of homesickness since I was a kid at camp. The strangest part of it is that there is no one at home […]

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  • October 1, 2020 - 3:25 am

    asha - Oh Nancy, I feel this. Sending you hugs. Shortly after I moved to the US, I sat in my car in the parking lot of a supermarket and sobbed large, hot tears of homesickness woe. It really does get harder as you get older.ReplyCancel

  • October 1, 2020 - 9:58 pm

    Margaret - On top of everything else, you have to be away from home for weeks at a time. It seems that home has taken on a personality of its own as we isolate from most people and take comfort in our safe environment.

    From a writing standpoint, I like your structure. Your headings show your voice so clearly.ReplyCancel

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