Grateful–even if masked and socially distanced
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning all the plans for our socially distanced Easter celebration will have come to pass—sauces simmered, salad prepped, presents wrapped—and all that will be left…
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This one flew by. Why is that?
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, the week will have flown by. That is not always the case. Some weeks never seem to end, so this makes me wonder why…
Voting bills, to watch; sunshine and spring, to enjoy!
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, spring will have sprung and Day Light Savings time will be the new norm; it always takes a bit to adjust, and I have…
Signs of progress and a brighter future. It’s up to us.
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have dissected a cow eye with a physiology-anatomy class at school and I will have checked out Bristol Bucks, a new initiative…
Vaccinated and yet in a holding pattern
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have been vaccinated, and Mary, too. We are both in the 55-65 age group: I am a teacher. She put her name…
A birthday, a bat in the kitchen and BOE meetings
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning … I will have returned to the classroom after three weeks or so of quarantine and it was like the old saying, climbing back…
Ice skating at Rockwell. How about that!
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning the snow will have stopped, even earlier on Saturday, and while there is new precipitation just over the horizon on Monday, there is no…
A verdict and life goes on, but wouldn’t have been nice if …
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, I will have spent every available moment listening to the second impeachment of the former president. (And of course, we all know the verdict.) It…
A Super Bowl and more of the same
By David Fortier Come Sunday morning, with the Super Bowl on the horizon one of the big issues that arose in family texts was whether to root for Tom Brady…
Civil discourse here at home
By David Fortier First, some musing about the national scene. Despite the constant reiteration from the national media, I don’t think we are as divided a country as reported. Get…