Santa Pushed Me off the Wagon

I have a little secret I haven’t liked to admit to anyone, even myself, until recently. I have an addiction. No, not to gambling, opioids, drugs or alcohol. I’m addicted to chocolate. Okay, really, to sweets. You don’t know how it happens, but that bag of caramel M&Ms, Brookside Chocolates, or Oreo cookies parachutes into your …

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Cheers to 2021: Finding Strength in 2020

I belong to an online socio/political group of 200,000+ women, and Monday morning, a member posted a question her friend had asked: “Please brag to me about a thing you did in 2020 that you’re proud of.” At around 8:30 am, there were under 100 responses. By 10 am, there were over 600. The answers were as diverse …

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Why I’m Foregoing this Year’s Holiday Luncheon

On November 20, a gentleman I’ve known for many years who works as an attendant at a parking lot in which I frequently park announced he thought COVID was a hoax. I asked him, “So you think the 373 cases in Monroe County yesterday is a hoax?” “Well, I don’t know any of them.” “Fortunately, …

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