“You tested positive for COVID-19; I’m sure you’re not surprised,” the health-care worker gently told me as she handed me the test results. I had registered a temperature the night before, preceded by a cough and respiratory irritation. “Maybe it’s just my yearly sinus infection,” I told Lori. I was wrong. Getting into my car …
“Step, step, step, now stop” Bird’s alarm halts hiker’s dance— Rustling leaves sing on Despite a sore Achilles tendon—the unfortunate result of running like a 30-year-old on my 65th birthday–I laced up my hiking boots and headed into the field. My hike didn’t last long, not because it was below freezing but for the fact …
My wife teases me about my penchant for thinking back to what I was doing this time a week ago. “This time a week ago we were…” I often say. “Why do you do that?” she asks. “I have a sense for history,” I tell her, but she knows I don’t know why I do …