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Staying in touch when you can’t visit. My mother is 99 years old and going strong. She lives in a retirement community in Maryland. Maryland took early precautions when COVID-19 descended and visitors were prohibited at the end of the…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. Check out the website ‘Cameo‘! Get celebration cards, videos, or book a Zoom call – personalized by the celebrity you choose. $30.00 and up. Athletes, actors, reality TV,…
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Be comfortable, socially distance outdoors and stay safe at the same time. Our social engagements these days consist of small groups meeting outside with everything ‘bring your own’. Portable furniture becomes important if you want to visit with your friends…
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Timely nuggets of information and ideas we want to share with you. ASE reader Diana D. has tipped us off to Bookshop, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. They have raised just under $5…
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Be Prepared. When the pandemic hit, we suddenly went into quarantine. I discovered that my pantry did not contain what it should, and I was limited in what I could make for dinner until I could get some groceries. My…
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Taming handbag chaos. Apparently, I am fascinated with the contents of people’s everyday bags. I wrote an earlier article about a website called EDC (Every Day Carry) which examined what essentials people thought important enough to have with them at…
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Food for the brain. As a chronic multi-tasker, I have bonded with podcasts. I can listen while I’m driving, taking a walk, cooking, traveling, even watching a child’s athletic event (don’t tell the child). Podcasts generally fall into one or…
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“Doing audiobooks is kind of an actor’s dream because you get to play all the parts.” Michael Beck I am a big fan of audiobooks. I have to admit, however, that listening to one read by a celebrity I like…
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Winding down, we hope. Dear ASE readers. This will be the last of the Quarantine Entertainment articles as our cities and towns are slowly re-opening and things are going towards the new normal, whatever that will look like. Here’s hoping…
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