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COVID-19 has changed so many things for so any of us. I haven’t been able to see my dad (in a nursing home) for four months. My daughter is quarantining for two weeks before the birth of her baby, so we can’t see her family. My son lost his job. We are in a state of uncertains and unknowns about our youngest son starting college in less than a month.

Until the mid-twentieth century, most American women had every right to sing “washday blues,” because one day each week – for most, the longest day – was committed to washing, hanging out, ironing and folding the family duds.

Going south from Twin Falls, Idaho on US 93 the tourist happens upon Jackpot, Nev., which is no more than a casino and gas station. From there on scenery is fairly uniform. Sagebrush and limited grass in the valleys, 9,000- to 10,000-foot mountains on either side miles apart with pines on the upper reaches, and no ranches or houses around.

Did you know that 80 percent of strokes are preventable? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, stroke is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States and a major cause of long-term disability affecting about 795,000 individuals each year.