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October really is such a beautiful month. The light has changed to crystal clarity. It’s lower in the sky, hitting the still-leafy trees and making them sparkle like a tossing of Iyla’s green glitter. Lower in the sky means it will soon be warming my west-facing living room on winter afternoons. I’m looking at the […]
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Good Soles good for the soul
To the Editor:
The spring of 2020 brought many changes to our Island lifestyle. A virus called COVID-19 was spreading throughout the U.S., and most of the rest of the world. The doctors at the CDC asked that we wear masks and stay six feet apart, and wash our hands, and sanitize them every time we passed a dispenser. We also lost access to the Senior Center, the Center For Living, church, restaurants, movies, the YMCA, etc.
In the beginning, there were skipped chores to do to make the time seem useful. Then the cold weather arrived, and brought a surge of COVID-19 cases. My positive attitude took a big hit.