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Friday Letters: The Joy of Dining al Fresco

A little life update one year after moving (and surviving that delightful midlife "moment")

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Abby Maslin
May 22, 2026
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Friends,

Today, I’m writing about simple joys — in part, because it’s been an enormously stressful week.

In a series of events that freakishly resemble my intense period of caregiving ten years ago, multiple family members are dealing with health issues. As a unit, it’s spreading us thin — hospitals once again a daily feature of life, and uncertainty permeating all decisions.

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