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Read more: My trip to North KoreaHow am I doing? I have been escaping the pandemic by traveling to North Korea. Really! My friend Jane gave me two books about people…
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Read more: Read a bookWhat do people need more than anything now? Books, says author Emma Straub. “What are we all doing in our quarantines? We’re figuring out how…
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Read more: The best of times, the worst of times“Keep the faith. You can make it across the moat,” Margaret Atwood writes in the May 4, 2020, issue of Time magazine. “You can enjoy…
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Read more: Notice the beautyNow is a good time to notice all of the beauty around you. The trees and flowers, the blue sky, the moon and stars at…
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Read more: Happy Mother’s DayI told my husband Jerry this morning that I bet there are lots of mothers—like me—who wish they could hug their children on Mother’s Day—and…
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Read more: Be happyBe as happy as you can today. Do something that makes you happy. Eat a cookie, go for a walk, make a phone call to…
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Read more: RememberRemember when you could go to the grocery store if you decided suddenly you needed more lettuce or you could go out to eat if…
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Read more: Drink and be wholePoetry helps me when I feel stressed or anxious. Recently—I can’t remember where or when—I heard someone quoting Robert Frost. “Here are your waters and…
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Read more: Be filled with lightMy son Jay and his fiancée Rachel canceled their May wedding—and just got married on March 28. It seemed a wise decision then, and now…
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Read more: “In cocoons, a hidden promise”Now when I go for my early morning walk, I can wear my shorts and a light jacket. No coat or long pants! And, when…