Christel Rice Astin among the Rockaway ruinsThe wonderful Thanksgiving holiday is upon us now, and while it is still very important to take stock of all we have been given in the past year and realize that we have so much to be grateful for, we know that isn’t the case for so many in our area of the Northeast whose lives have been turned upside down And perhaps the media crush of attention on Hurricane Sandy storm-ravaged areas is abating somewhat due to another blowup in the Middle East, the looming fiscal cliff and that dreaded seasonal chestnut Black Friday and the obsessive focus on holiday sales and retail shopping But I can’t think of a more inappropriate focus at this time of great suffering and dislocation for so many of our friends and neighbors -- and many we don’t know at all -- than dashing out before the Thanksgiving leftovers are put away or before the cock crows on Friday to forage for things we may not really need Read more![]()
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