My mother married a man who took stairs two at a time, running up. By the time I knew him, my father looked carefully at the height and depth of each stair to determine whether he could raise his leg high enough to reach the top of the stair and whether his shoe would fit […]
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7 Tips for Gathering Safely During the Holidays
The annual preparations for holiday gatherings normally focus more on menu and decorations, but COVID-19 has shifted attention to the logistics of making get-togethers safe for all. Everybody can take steps to ensure that holiday celebrations are meaningful and safe, a University of Mississippi health expert advises. “Things like the level of risk, duration and […]
Counting Our Blessings
The ongoing pandemic has dramatically changed how we celebrate holidays, and Halloween is the next holiday that isn’t right this year. South 11th Street, where I live, is perfect for trick-or-treaters: straight, flat, with very little through-traffic and with generous homeowners on both sides of the street. One woman has dressed as a witch, with […]
Shared Responsibility
The Mississippi State Department of Health publishes a weekly summary of COVID-19 cases in Lafayette County. In the week ending Aug. 1, 864 cases were reported. The next week, there were 966. The week ending Aug. 15 had 1,063 cases; the next week, 1,160; and the following week, 1,413. The week ending Sept. 5 tallied […]
Let’s Talk About Testing
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new health concerns and new ways of approaching everyday activities, complete with specific terms for these concepts. Everybody wants to stay healthy and help ensure their families and friends do so too, but doing so requires understanding exactly what is expected. To begin the discussion, we have to define three […]
Stressed by COVID?
Today’s note is for people who are way, way busier because of COVID-19 and for those who are stressed-out by COVID-19. When the girls were much younger and learning to manage their knives, forks and spoons, they sometimes had the dropsies. Sadly, the noise of falling utensils was musical to them, and they repeated the […]