Okay, so here we are facing an invisible enemy that has superpowers. Every moment of every day we are now drenched in media, public and social, that reminds us just how bad everything is and how much worse it will become in the following days. What’s a person to do to keep up happy dialog […] Read more »
Dogs and cats do not carry COVID-19, but their owners might, and that has changed how veterinary clinics meet clients and do business. “We stopped having people bring their animals into the hospital,” said Dr. Willard Gould, who was quarantined in place upon his return from Florida and guiding his veterinary business from home. The […] Read more »
The irony of Steve Methia’s retirement is, while the world is coming to a standstill, he’s gotten busier, and while the rest of the world is trying not to socialize, he has a steady stream of visitors at his Mattapoisett door. The pickups and deliveries won’t stop anytime soon. Locally known on Facebook and other […] Read more »
Nestled deep in tissue paper inside a box inside a cedar closet in the dark recesses of our basement is a Teddy Bear my son received as an infant. It was much loved and wears the stains and patches that denote its years of service to a little boy who often needed Teddy to help […] Read more »
Word spread quickly on social media that grocery stores would be open at specific times for senior citizens to do their shopping. I thought, “This is great.” Then I saw the hours that “special shopping” was being offered to seniors – butt-crack dawn. Why is it that so many believe senior citizens are up enjoying […] Read more »
We’re living in very strange times in which our daily lives have been upended. Most of us want to be safe and compliant without surrendering every last one of our normal and familiar daily rituals. For so many of us exercise is an important part of our lives, and the thought of sacrificing a healthy […] Read more »
Our own woodland Ruffed Grouse that drums in the spring is actually the very same bird as the celebrated Partridge in a pear tree of the Christmas carol. The Grouse gets its descriptive plumage title from the ruffed ring of dark feathers that rise up around its neck, lifted up by the air thrust of […] Read more »
Colby Olson was on his way to Lakeville on June 4 to watch his son Troy play a tennis match for Monomoy Regional High School against Apponequet in the MIAA Division 3 South team tournament when he detoured off of the highway and found himself driving on Route 105 through Rochester center. Olson spotted a […] Read more »
Tired of climbing the walls and waiting for an all-clear to the movies, restaurants and stores? No better time than the present to engage in a higher quality of life through what nature has right under our socially distanced noses. Take a walk. There are literally dozens of trails within a 20-minute drive in almost […] Read more »
All the news regarding COVID-19 has brought back memories of my childhood illnesses, contagious diseases that were cared for and confined at home. Chickenpox, measles, mumps, scarlet fever, ear and throat infections, “the grippe” and seasonal fevers. Yes, I’ve suffered them all and survived, in no small part thanks to my mother’s nursing skills. At […] Read more »