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Theyre such very small things to ask of us FacebookTwitterEmail When COVID vaccines first became available I couldn’t wait to get one. The sooner the better in my book, and there were plenty of people who felt the same way. In the early days, which were only a few months ago, lightning-quick reflexes and mad typing skills were required to score a vaccine appointment online. Working simultaneously on an iPad and a laptop as I tried to get appointments for my parents in Florida reminded me of m...

Boomer wants to hop over to Gen Jones FacebookTwitterEmail As someone who was born at the tail end of the baby boomer years, 1946-1964, I never felt I had much in common with those born at the earlier end. Characteristics that were said to define the boomer generation didn’t seem to apply to me, and I was OK with that. Until now. Those boomers, who are now older than 65, are qualified to get the COVID-19 vaccine in New York, leaving the younger boomers feeling the same as we have all our live...

BETSY BITNER: Compass skills cant get me where I want to go FacebookTwitterEmail It was easy for Dorothy Gale to proclaim “There’s no place like home” because she’d just returned from an exciting trip to a faraway land complete with fabulous shoes, an Emerald City spa day, and a hot air balloon ride. Don’t get me wrong, I love my home and I’m grateful to have had a warm and safe place to spend the last eleventy thousand months. It’s just that, right about now, I’d give anything ...