Life is in transition again.
Nature is doing its annual shift from long, hot summer days to dark, cool fall evenings.
As I write this, our backyard is showing a scattering of yellow and brown …
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Fran Ostendorf
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10/9/21
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Sometimes, when I sit down to write this column, I stare at a blank page on my computer screen and I wonder where to begin.
My aim isn’t to be scholarly or to impart wisdom based on years of …
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Fran Ostendorf
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9/6/21
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I had time for some real moments of reflection this month as I rooted through a couple of boxes in my parents’ basement. They have lived in the same house since the mid-1960s and, as you can …
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Fran Ostendorf
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8/5/21
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Do you remember The Herald? Or perhaps you remember the Jewish Voice, or the Community Voice from many years ago.
At one time, The Rhode Island Jewish Herald was an independently published …
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Fran Ostendorf
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7/1/21
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June is the month of graduations, weddings, gardens and great hopes for warmer times.
This year, it also seems to be the month of climbing to the other side of COVID-19 as our life opens up …
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Fran Ostendorf
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6/3/21
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My cat has gotten way too accustomed to my work-from-home life.
In the past year, if you’ve ever been on a Zoom meeting with me, you’ve probably seen her tail go by. Her pandemic …
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Fran Ostendorf
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5/9/21
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Like all of you, we have just celebrated our second pandemic Passover. Our seder, once again, was largely a Zoom connection. But unlike last year, this year my extended family was able to gather …
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Fran Ostendorf
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4/9/21
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Many people are talking about it, so I took a look at my trusty sources to see if this has really become a thing.
Urban Dictionary to the rescue! It has a definition for Zoom fatigue. Many of you …
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Fran Ostendorf
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3/4/21
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We had just heard about this new virus that originated in Wuhan, China. Globally, cases were few. In the U.S., it seemed to be centered in Washington state. But health experts were starting to talk …
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Fran Ostendorf
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2/5/21
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Have you made a commitment to your health and well-being? Are you keeping yourself healthy?
While your answers to these questions have always been important, they’ve taken on extra meaning …
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Fran Ostendorf
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1/7/21
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