Tag Archives: social relationships

  1. Keeping Connected

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    January 12, 2023 by Jean

    As I enter the fourth year of the Covid pandemic, I know that I need to be intentional about staying …
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  2. One of Those Months

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    October 31, 2022 by Jean

    Although October is normally the peak of a season I love, I can’t say I’m sorry to see this October …
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  3. Finding My New Normal

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    January 21, 2022 by Jean

    Like many people, I entered 2021 with an almost-giddy anticipation that vaccinations would soon bring the pandemic to an end. …
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  4. The Way Life Should Be

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    August 23, 2021 by Jean

    Coming back last month from my first trip out of Maine since before the pandemic, I crossed the bridge over …
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  5. Party Time

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    July 20, 2021 by Jean

    When normal life was suddenly suspended in March of 2020, my choral singing group was in the process of preparing …
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  6. Covid Thanksgiving

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    November 27, 2020 by Jean

    This Covid Thanksgiving wasn’t as much of a departure for me as it was for many people. It has been …
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  7. One Hell of a Year

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    November 7, 2020 by Jean

    One piece of retirement advice I don’t remember getting was to expect the unexpected. I think I imagined a more …
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  8. Sharing Air

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    July 30, 2020 by Jean

    Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, when I was discussing when and how to get together with a friend, I …
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  9. The New Normal

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    April 1, 2020 by Jean

    It’s hard to believe that just a few weeks ago, I was wondering if I had overcommitted myself for spring. …
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I am Jean Potuchek, a professional sociologist who has just stepped into the next phase of my life, retirement, after more than thirty years of college teaching. This blog is about my experience of that new phase of life.

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