I’ve been a part of the Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro, a team fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, since 2000, its second year. I was a member of a team and the organizing …
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Larry Kessler
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7/7/23
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Here are 10 thoughts, along with my observations, to usher in 2024:
1. Almost four years removed from the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 is now more or less just another thing to contend with , …
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Larry Kessler
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1/7/24
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Later this month, my wife, Lynne, and I will officially become empty nesters, for the most part, as the younger of our two daughters heads off to Johnson & Wales University.
The next few …
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Larry Kessler
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8/1/19
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It’s no secret that our country is as divided, broken and far from even a semblance of unity as we’ve been in more than a half-century, since the height of the Vietnam War.
We’ve …
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Larry Kessler
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11/7/21
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I marked the 20th anniversary of my father’s death this month by observing his yahrzeit on the ninth of Adar, and my memories of him remain vivid.
Over the years, there have been many times …
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Larry Kessler
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3/3/23
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Over the years, I’ve had to adapt to many new computer systems, and I’ve always taken a practical approach: expect glitches and be skeptical about what the instructors say – …
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Larry Kessler
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2/6/22
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Back in the late 1950s and early ’60s, when I attended Hebrew School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, I don’t recall my teachers talking about the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, repairing …
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Larry Kessler
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6/3/21
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As we head into a summer without many of our favorite activities and events, it might seem a strange time to count our blessings – but it’s worth doing as we strive to maintain a sense of …
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Larry Kessler
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6/5/20
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Like just about everything we’ve encountered in this year of the coronavirus pandemic – which even the brilliant mind of “Twilight Zone” creator and writer Rod Serling would …
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Larry Kessler
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11/6/20
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“The days of our years are three score and 10.”
– Psalm 90, verse 10
Between the reflection that usually accompanies the turning of the page to a new year and the nonstop …
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Larry Kessler
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2/6/20
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