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This would be a very different pandemic without my laptop and all the great streaming opportunities.  My husband and I started watching Station Eleven which I have to say was not the best idea. We both read Emily St. John Mandel’s dystopian novel about a…

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My older son’s girlfriend said the sweetest thing the other day. “You can live with us when you get older,” she said. “No thanks,” I responded, turning to my younger son. “I’d love to live with you instead.”  My younger son is a grad student…

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9:30 a.m. Vaughan, Ontario I arrive with Jessie at the veterinary surgeon’s. A kind-looking assistant leads her to the back to prepare her for the operation to repair a ruptured ligament. My canine daughter starts to whimper for me. I want to run to her,…

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