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Barbara Leedom: We're not born to share. Thoughts on supporting the COVID-19 Relief Bill, rescuing America

Barbara Leedom: Fur Sure Barbara Leedom There’s a bill pending in our MA Legislature that would ban sales of furs in our state. H.1592 and S.1029 would “prohibit the sale of new fur products in Massachusetts.” A long time ago we didn’t think much about fur-wearing. Some of us remember our mothers and grandmothers wearing foxes, which served as coat collars. How those fox skins, complete with ears and hardened eyes, died and became fashionable coat collars, we didn’t think about when we were kids. Sometimes, though, we were spooked by those little faces that were once alive.

Barbara Leedom: Old Flames Barbara Leedom Oh my, a message from an old love on Valentine’s Day. The love was 30 years ago. The email was a photo of a bulldog with a red garland around its neck with glittering red hearts attached. The message was a mere “Happy Valentine’s Day.” Below this non-love message was his name. Hmmm. What to make of this e-message? He lives 1,500 miles distant. I’ve heard from him on holidays via email with these nothing-personal messages. But, a bulldog on Valentine’s Day? Here we are still hunkering in mid-February. Our walkways are treacherously ice-cove...

Barbara Leedom: One woman's vaccine quest Barbara Leedom One woman’s journey to get a COVID-19 vaccination appointment is a story Franz Kafka might write if he lived now. It  began when she got an email from her local senior center, saying she qualified for Phase Two. Therein were attachments, a .PDF, which she couldn’t open because they were of “unknown origin.” She used her trusty landline phone (because her cell phone was somewhere) to call the senior center. The machine gave her extensions for seven people. She selected the person who was called Outreach. Outreach was working fro...

Barbara Leedom Ah, information: cable TV, talk radio, websites, neighbors, friends, family members, books, podcasts, newspapers and magazines, groups we belong to, groups we disdain but know about. We are privy to such a wealth of info, often overwhelming. It’s not always accurate. Remember “alternative facts?” There are trolls out there. There are slogans, as in advertising or mottos, not necessarily truth. Take Back Our Country mean? It means different things to different people. It has come to be divisive in meaning. Take back our country from what? From whom? People who ran around i...