Melissa Kirsch

September 30, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 30, 2020
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Spend Some Time With Your Pandemic Logbooks

Took Mom for a foliage ride without masks. Picked up medical supplies for an off-site flu clinic at a retirement community. Very dark, wrong turn, lost […]
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September 25, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 25, 2020
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What to Watch This Weekend

Welcome. It’s the weekend again. Indistinguishable, for some, from the weekdays: more time at home, the same scenery and cast of characters. Many of us will […]
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September 23, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 23, 2020
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Listening Closely to the Birds

Welcome. Pre-dawn, the sounds in the house are few and predictable: the refrigerator lurching to a hum, then off again; the steam knocking in the pipes. […]
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September 18, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 18, 2020
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A Playlist of Your Favorite Cover Songs

Welcome. Last week I asked you to send your favorite cover songs. We received a fantastic assortment of tracks, some classic covers (Billy Stewart’s “Summertime”), some […]
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September 16, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 16, 2020
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Snapshots of an Extraordinary Moment in Time

At 3 a.m. from my bathroom window the call of an owl breaking the night’s silence. —Leota Fulkerson, 65, South Thomaston, Maine Last week, I suggested […]
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September 11, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 11, 2020
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Keep Track of the Tiny Details

Welcome. I like to get up while it’s dark, before anyone else has begun to stir, walking through the apartment on tiptoe with the world on […]
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September 9, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 9, 2020
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Endless Summer vs. Hurry-Up Fall

Welcome. The week after Labor Day is, for many, the official end of summer. I tend to resist the way everyone rushes to close the book […]
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September 5, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 5, 2020
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How to Pass the Time This Weekend

Welcome. It’s Labor Day weekend. I love this story about how summer travel in 2020 looked a lot like summer travel in 1965, with families traveling […]
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September 3, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at September 3, 2020
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What Does ‘Back to School’ Mean Now?

Welcome. It’s September and for many of us, that means a return to school, grappling with a changed schedule, in-person or remote or a hybrid of […]
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August 28, 2020
Published by Melissa Kirsch at August 28, 2020
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The People You’d ‘Pay Admission’ to Know

Welcome. I recently received a message on social media from a long-lost friend. We’d been inseparable in college, co-conspirators, ecstatic with newfound freedom that manifested in […]
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