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Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: Opening things a common vexation
08-22-2024 11:24 AM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Getting older means finding it difficult to open things. Things like jars of jam, things like bottles of juice. This has a lot to do with the waning power of hands and wrists. But I would also argue that it has to do with some devilish inventions for...

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Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: Birthdays to remember
06-06-2024 7:32 PM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Nothing surprises me more than the advancing ages of our sons. Your own age is a given, and somehow you get used to it, and in my case at least, tend to anticipate the next annual changeover. I think of myself now as 88, although that won’t officially...


Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: Landlines and more in our parallel universe
05-10-2024 9:21 PM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

 Recent news reports and events have reminded me that my husband and I are living in a parallel universe. We use a landline and we read print newspapers, which are delivered to our house daily.I have and use a cellphone, but my husband does not. He...


Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: There’s just a lot of life in the obits
01-17-2024 7:19 PM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Have I mentioned that I read the obituaries in the Gazette every morning before I start my day? Does this sound depressing? I don’t find it so. It somehow anchors things for me.I can learn about people in my community and about how they or their...


Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: There’s just a lot of life in the obits
01-11-2024 11:32 AM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Have I mentioned that I read the obituaries in the Gazette every morning before I start my day? Does this sound depressing? I don’t find it so. It somehow anchors things for me.I can learn about people in my community and about how they or their...


Guest columnist Marietta Pritchard: Beware, Medicare ‘wellness visit’ no longer a medical exam
03-31-2023 8:25 PM

By MARIETTA PRITCHARD

Last July, I visited our new doctor for what I thought was an annual checkup. I brought with me an annoying problem I’d been having, and he made a referral for me to see a specialist, who has taken care of the problem. After that July visit — a...

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