Larry Kessler

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Luminaria, shown at a past Relay For Life of Greater Attleboro event, are typically lit around a track in honor of cancer survivors and in memory of cancer victims.

Relay For Life more important than ever this year

Back in the late 1950s and early ’60s, when I attended Hebrew School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, I don’t recall my teachers talking about the Jewish concept of tikkun olam, repairing … more

Larry Kessler | 6/3/21

Pets speak up about the pandemic

When I last wrote about my pets two years ago, the world of pets – like the world of humans – was much different than it is today. Since the start of the pandemic, my pets, like … more

Larry Kessler | 5/9/21

Reflections on COVID Passover one year later

Twelve months ago, when the coronavirus pandemic had just changed our world and led to a lockdown, I wrote what proved to be my first of many columns about COVID-19: “No matter how long the … more

Larry Kessler | 3/4/21

The adoption reunion went virtual – but was still so worth it

Compared to the two most recent reunions of our older daughter’s adoption group, the Zoom gathering that we had to settle for on the Saturday night after New Year’s Day might have been … more

Larry Kessler | 2/5/21

When will we get back to our futures?

As I wrote this in December, the first COVID-19 vaccine had just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and a second one wasn’t far behind. Although they won’t be ready for … more

Larry Kessler | 1/7/21

Our best news from 2020: We’re alive!

It’s become a Thanksgiving tradition in my family in recent years to write our annual end-of-the-year newsletter while the turkey is roasting in the oven. Dubbed the “Cains-Kessler … more

Larry Kessler | 12/3/20

I’m grateful for my wife and a sense of humor

Like just about everything we’ve encountered in this year of the coronavirus pandemic – which even the brilliant mind of “Twilight Zone” creator and writer Rod Serling would … more

Larry Kessler | 11/6/20

Ups and downs of the ‘new normal’

In the summer of 2019, well before our lives were upended by the seemingly never-ending “new normal,” I wrote a column about how my wife and I were about to become empty-nesters. At that … more

Larry Kessler | 10/2/20

Here’s to a sweet new year filled with ‘normal’ activities

It was just a few months ago, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, that families had to come up with alternatives to big Passover seders. Now, with the High Holy Days approaching, many of … more

Larry Kessler | 9/3/20