A handyman was heading to Nansi and Leonard Glick’s house in New Salem a couple of weeks ago when a light bulb in their home reached the end of its lifespan. There to install some grab bars and swap out smoke detector batteries, the handyman put a new.
A handyman was heading to Nansi and Leonard Glick’s house in New Salem a couple of weeks ago when a light bulb in their home reached the end of its lifespan. There to install some grab bars and swap out smoke detector batteries, the handyman put a new.
A howling good time on Leverett Pond
Leverett residents howl into the night while gathered in front of the First Congregational Church of Leverett on Sunday. Every Sunday at 8 p.m., participating residents howl here and from their homes and can be heard across Leverett Pond. FOR THE RECORDER/DAN LITTLE
Leverett residents howl into the night while gathered in front of the First Congregational Church of Leverett on Sunday. FOR THE RECORDER/DAN LITTLE
Published: 3/9/2021 12:42:15 PM
LEVERETT In the darkness, something vaguely like a coyote’s howl, but not quite, rings out over Leverett Pond. It is quickly followed by another, coming from somewhere nearby. Then more. They’re answering one another.
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My Turn: Gathering
Published: 2/24/2021 3:39:04 PM
I recently presented a Zoom workshop and “saw” colleagues, former students, community people. Afterwards I felt nostalgic and bereft. A face in a small square on a screen is not an in-person gaze into another’s eyes, or a touch on the arm; the warmth, in a hug, of another’s body.
We all miss gatherings of family, friends, neighbors, strangers rituals of eating together, giving toasts, opening presents and other hoopla. We’re mourning and celebrating in small pods or alone, without fluid access to the web of connections that hold and sustain us.