With 2021 behind us, I’m trying hard to be optimistic about 2022. When you’ve lived past your 70s . . .
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1/6/22
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"Dear Ms. Kreiss:
I read your article in the Herald about your friends’ son who needs a kidney . . .
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12/23/21
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I have no memory of Beatlemania. The movement, which erupted in the early 1960s and was accompanied in the following years by an outpouring of teenage hysteria not seen since . . .
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12/16/21
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It’s easy to admit watching “The Roosevelts,” “Band of Brothers” or “The Dust Bowl,” all high-minded documentaries featured on PBS. It has felt so satisfying to drop into conversation . . .
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12/16/21
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Most members of the current generation have never heard of Sen. Robert Dole. His recent death, at age 98 . . .
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12/16/21
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He was 49 years old in March, and he hopes to celebrate his 50th birthday next year.
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12/9/21
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Tell me your story. If you’re reading this, you are living through a deadly pandemic that has killed more than five million people worldwide. So far. If you’re reading this . . .
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12/2/21
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The towns, cities and villages of Long Island have their own recorded and unrecorded histories. Their stories are told by local historians, librarians and historical societies. In many cases . . .
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12/2/21
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Last Thanksgiving we dined alone. I’m remembering an over-roasted turkey leg with a side of anxiety for me . . .
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11/25/21
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You cannot burn a book in 2021. You can burn the paper and the ink and the cardboard, but in our world of e-books, you cannot ever kill the words and ideas that an author created.
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11/18/21
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