Photo by James Wainscoat on Unsplash This fall has been, in contemporary jargon, a lot. Nothing catastrophic or life-changing, but some days feel like a constant uphill slog. I’ve been dealing with mild chronic pain for weeks. When your spine is fused almost top to bottom for nearly 17 years and you get carried away swimming laps in the pool, (not to mention constantly staring down at your phone) the joints tend to get a little cranky. Nothing compared to what many are dealin

We sat on the beach on a perfect late summer day. In front of us, a group of youngsters had dug a gigantic hole—an absolute crater in the sand complete with steps leading down into it. One of the boys served as foreman, ordering other kids around, suggesting slight modifications to reinforce the structure. He informed everyone the lifeguard told him to expect high tide around 3 PM so time was of the essence. Eventually, two other little girls showed up with their mother, shyl

Photo credit - Beth Hager Tomorrow night will be our last Monday night driving to Hershey to rehearse under the direction of Linda Tedford. For ten years, my husband and I have spent two and half hours every Monday night from September to May singing with the Susquehanna Chorale. We’d both sung for years in various church and community choirs. We actually met each other through choral singing. But we reached a point in 2016 when we thought it was time to take a chance on audi