February 21, 2021
February 21, 2021
Having anxiety is like homeschooling a petulant child. My schedule is built around meditation and yoga, medication and therapy; the day’s gaps are occupied by psychiatric babysitting. Still, it occurs to me now and then that I have no idea what anxiety even is. My idea of it is just the sum of its effects. But sometimes I’ll write a totally bullshit essay for a class and accidentally understand the material by the time I’m through with it, you know? So here goes.
In the foyer of my home hangs the first painting in a triptych by John Hilling documenting the burning of Old South Church in Bath, Maine. The two subsequent panels the burning and its aftermath hang elsewhere, in faraway homes. Viewed in isolation, our pre-fire panel is banal: man and wife walk peacefully before an unassuming church. But when considered in light of its successors, the apparent mundanity is actually drenched in anticipation. It’s not the calm before the storm,
Guest speaker and honoree Rev. June Cooper, executive director of City Mission Boston, speaks during the virtual celebration. Pilot photo St. Katharine Drexel Parish’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Breakfast was held in virtual format this year.
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DORCHESTER St. Katharine Drexel Parish traditionally celebrates the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a prayer breakfast featuring music, a keynote speaker, and readings of excerpts from Dr. King s speeches. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, instead of gathering for a meal, the parish held its 36th annual commemoration of Dr. King in a virtual format on Jan. 18, with approximately 100 people participating via Zoom.
Martin Luther King Day Service set for Farmington
Guest speaker will be Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention Dr. Nirav Shah.
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Farmington Area Ecumenical Ministries will hold Martin Luther King Day Service at noon Monday, Jan. 18, at Old South Church, 235 Main St. in Farmington, via Zoom.
The service also will be streamed to Facebook and available on YouTube.
Guest speaker will be Dr. Nirav D. Shah, M.D., J.D., director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Shah was formerly director of the Illinois Department of Public Health where among other things he implemented initiatives to address the State’s opioid crisis.
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DEAR SUN SPOTS: I’m looking for grief support anywhere in Western Maine. I lost a parent to the virus as well as a close cousin. Joy, Oxford
ANSWER: First of all, Joy, I’m so sorry. You have my heart-felt sympathy.
Please contact Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice (www.ahch.org, 795-9468 or 1-800-482-7412) offers grief support as does St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center (777-8520). Old South Church in Farmington also has a support group (645-2884 or 778-0424). In South Paris, there is H.O.P.E (890-3673 or 743-7458). Contact them to see if they are meeting in person or on ZOOM and what safety protocols they have in place.
UpdatedThu, Dec 31, 2020 at 8:45 am ET
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There will be no fireworks above Boston Harbor for New Year s Eve. (Shutterstock)
BOSTON For the first time in 45 years, Boston won t be ringing in the new year with a dazzling fireworks display.
First Night Boston, which runs the New Year s Eve celebration, said this year s display is canceled due to the pandemic. The last time Boston didn t celebrate with fireworks was 1975.
Rather, First Night Boston will be broadcasting a live stream of performances on its website beginning at 6 p.m. The Makanda Project, Boston Youth Chamber, Boston Gay Men s Chorus and the Old South Church are among the performers.