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By Eileen Glover “Hospice volunteer…?” The eyebrows move a little closer together. The voice lowers just a smidge. “Oh, I don’t know if I could do that…” They look off into the distance for a moment before coming back to the conversation. I’ve suggested the idea...
ASK ALICE Dear Alice, A friend has convinced me to do an advance directive. She didn’t tell me what form to use, though, and there are so many options online! Some are detailed and go into lots of specifics, others are more general, and some leave a...
I have tiny ponies running through my house. Lest you think working in a thrift store has finally melted my brain, let me offer one word: Kittens. Two of them. Five months old, newly adopted sisters, furry, adorable packages of limitless energy. My friend Hannah,...
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Our hospice library collection is now cataloged online, which allows you to search for and reserve books from home. We can then pull the book from the shelf for you to pick up at your convenience. Here is the direct link: https://www.librarycat.org/lib/bahospice Have a look around! To...
ASK ALICE Dear Alice, Happy new year! My New Year’s resolution for 2021 was to complete my advance directive (AD) and discuss my wishes with my agents and other loved ones. And believe it or not, I did it! It wasn’t easy, but I completed the last of...
Most of you who have been reading this column for any amount of time know I am a foodie and love to cook. I subscribe to both The New York Times cooking website and the print and online versions of Fine Cooking. A new recipe...
Thanksgiving It was a dark, cold, December evening when we were called to sing for Lucy. There was no further treatment for the metastasized breast cancer that would take her life. She had come home to die with her family around her. They had put off...
A few weeks ago, I moved something on a bulletin board and discovered a small calendar underneath. It was opened to March 2020. March 2020, the month COVID-19 officially became a pandemic, the month calendars suddenly became irrelevant. In the space of a week, we went...
I have been watching the Harry Potter movies again. This is mostly because the internet has not been working at my house for the last week and a half (don’t get me started on the frustration of wrangling with the service provider) and the only...