Three years ago - March 10, 2020 - I sent my girls off to their dad's, knowing it would likely be the last easygoing, normal visit they would have with him for a while.
I was right.
The next day, I made the rounds: co-op, grocery stores, other errands. The town was out doing the same, almost as if we were expecting a major blizzard.
Stock up on the basics. Toilet paper, bleach, hand sanitizer. Rice, beans, eggs. Cocoa, baking supplies, comfort foods. Whatever you can think of. Who knows; maybe we'll be stuck at home for a whole week or two. Get some marshmallows for the cocoa, just in case....
The Windham Orchestra hoped that its concert on Sunday would be a memorable one. It was, but not in a way they planned. The orchestra was to perform on the lawn of the Brattleboro Retreat, but rainy weather forced the concert to relocate to the Latchis Theatre. The first...