The Weight of the World

     I found the plus-side of the Covid-19 pandemic. It’s staring me in the face. It’s the glowing number on my digital scale. I wasn’t going to share the number, but I’ve shared everything else in this column over the years, so why the heck not?       I weigh 215 pounds. Not a […]

Not with a bang

     Fourth of July 2020 has come and gone, alarmingly silent, with little fanfare. This year, thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, celebrations in most cities were either cancelled or minimally attended. Some towns attempted to host scaled-back events with watered-down results while other towns broke the rules of pandemic etiquette and carried on as […]