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The Streets of My Home: Louisville, Colorado
I love my home. The pure magnitude of businesses affected by Covid-19 is devastating and overwhelming. We see pictures of Paris, New York, and other urban areas that are eerily quiet, but the streets of our small towns paint a picture that is deeply personal and...
Letters from Renée: Another Day At The Crossings
My daughter just called – she usually does toward the end of the day, this time to tell me she had spent the day digging up this and replacing that, moving some shrubs and finally sewing some new seed for the thinner spots in her small garden. I have always gardened. ...
My Town: Louisville, Colorado During Lockdown
I'm proud of my town, Louisville, Colorado, and fiercely protective. The time was 3:30 in the afternoon and I decided to walk a few blocks to see what Louisville, Colorado looked like in the midst of our state lockdown. I knew people wouldn't be out and about, but...
Letters from Renée: Passover in the Time of Coronavirus
“I often dream life is just as it is only I have well behaved hair and I live in Paris” reads the sign on my door. Perhaps none of you have thought of this, but it came to me this morning when I realized that in my old age home, Steve the hairdresser has had to close...
Trying to Be Brave: My Coronavirus Journal
I'm trying to be brave. I haven’t put on make-up in days and have taken to washing my hair every other day. Clean underwear goes on daily; but I tend to wear the same clothing over and over again. I keep forgetting to wear deodorant. I’ve been waking up at 7 instead...
Letters From Renée: 94 and Locked Down
And finally of course the huge anxiety: will I die from this? My will is not finished. I want to see my daughter. I am scared. Yes, these are strange times for us, a totally segregated population of 200 people, all old and one third at least are handicapped. The house...
Shades of White: The Influence of Our Environment
There was an internal pull; tell me more, don’t tell me anything. Let me settle. This essay is a pondering and I am sharing it with you to communicate the tangles in my own head. Perhaps they are like the ones in yours. White is not pure. Have you ever noticed how...
Menopause and Sleep
Sleep is critical; we need the right amount so we can make good decisions, react quickly and to provide our bodies time to mend. For many women, menopause causes problems with sleep. I am often one of those women. I have tried Benadryl, Tylenol Nighttime, Lorazepem,...
