Bits and Pieces

Be willing to shed what is safe and predictable in order to embrace new experiences, places, pleasures, and passions.

Holiday blues are common, but this year in the pandemic, many people will have to cope with being alone for the holidays for the first time.

Perhaps on Thanksgiving 2020 feeling grateful is not in the cards for some. But we can always — always — give kindness. We can dispel bluster and bombast with gentleness.

What are we waiting for? Life with a capital L is happening now.

In that moment of awareness everything changed: “Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.”

In the age of COVID, Zoom, FaceTime and Skype connect us with family, friends, work and the community at large.

Marathon viewing included: "The Affair," "Dead to Me," "Ozark," "Liar" and "This Much I Know is True." All had one thing in common: These folks lived messy lives.

Wherever we are during this strange time, it would be wise to learn the art of bending and swaying.

During this uncomfortable season we shared a strange dance between loss and gain and life and death.

The coronavirus crisis came as thoughts of spring blooms and sunshine filled our world, which suddenly became very dark indeed. But in our new reality, perhaps we are being nudged back to what truly matters. Column by Celia Marszal-Iannelli.