by kelly | Aug 27, 2022 | Covid, Daily Courier, Family, Friends
It could have been the bowling alley. I always wonder if they ever clean the finger holes of bowling balls. Or maybe the Italian restaurant, packed on a Sunday night, everyone laughing and talking as they passed around breadsticks and slurped spaghetti. I’d been a lot...
by kelly | Jan 1, 2022 | Covid, Daily Courier, Family, Friends
Time has a funny way of moving fast and slow at the same time. Just a year ago I wrote about getting my first dose of the Moderna vaccine and feeling guilty for being at the front of the line because I worked in health care. Getting help for myself while others around...
by kelly | Jul 3, 2021 | Covid, Daily Courier, Prescott, AZ
I’m not one to quote Greek philosophers, but the words “the only thing constant is change” has been floating through my mind lately. I see it in the new old places we visit around town: a restaurant that used to be this is now that, a brewpub I used to love is now a...
by kelly | Jan 30, 2021 | Covid, Daily Courier
One of the best parts of my job is talking to people and hearing snippets of their life stories. A few weeks ago, I was talking with a Navy veteran who served during the Vietnam era. Part of his job was packing parachutes. “How do you fold up the fabric and stuff it...
by kelly | Jan 2, 2021 | Covid, Daily Courier
“Guess what?” a friend who works in health care asked as we talked on the phone. “You’re running away to a tropical island for a month?” I guessed, picking what sounded best to me right now. “No. I got the COVID vaccine!” she said, her voice dropping to an excited...
by kelly | Dec 19, 2020 | Covid, Daily Courier
I already knew the answer before I called my dad. “Just checking in on holiday plans,” I said as we talked on the phone. “I’m going to assume we are not getting together.” The answer was no, as I expected. It makes sense this year, with the pandemic numbers climbing,...
