by Laura Rink | Jun 19, 2025 | Daily Life, Memoir
[Due to my website being offline while it was being redesigned, this update was previously posted only on Substack and Facebook.] Days 14 – 17 May 3-5 After the rebound of Covid symptoms for forty-eight hours, those symptoms again subsided. On day 17, I saw my doctor...
by Laura Rink | Jun 18, 2025 | Daily Life, Writing
[Due to my website being offline while it was being redesigned, this update was previously posted only on Substack and Facebook.] Thank you to everyone who responded with your Covid stories. I’m sorry you suffered, and for those still suffering, and I’m also comforted...
by Laura Rink | Jun 18, 2025 | Daily Life, Nature, Writing
[Due to my website being offline while it was being redesigned, April’s blog, as well as two Covid updates, were previously posted on Substack and Facebook.] I interrupt the regularly scheduled blog this month to bring you my first bout of Covid-19. I could...
by Laura Rink | Feb 21, 2025 | Daily Life, Memoir, Writing
Inspired by Ross Gay’s The Book of Delights, I’ve kept a Daily Delights journal for the last two years. I wanted to do something different than being grateful at the end of the day. I wanted to note what made me smile or giggle, what lightened my heart, what delighted...
by Laura Rink | Dec 29, 2024 | Daily Life, Writing
December: a month many of us wrap presents for those we care about—a package of thinking of you, a package of love. Sometimes that present is a card or a text, a Facetime call or a Zoom gathering. It is the present of being present with someone, of being in community....
by Laura Rink | Dec 7, 2024 | Daily Life, Memoir, Nature, Writing
“This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before.” – Maya Angelou This month, on November 6th, the citizens of the United States elected their next president. On November 8th, I left the country. I left my country for a planned trip to Central...
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