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It appears that the dust from the World Cup finally has settled. The people of Argentina are starting to go back to work after celebrating for a week; the people of Qatar have returned to pumping oil and building impossibly giant buildings; and here in the United States – well, nothing really ever was much different here.

“Mom, don’t close your eyes,” said an anxious little voice by my side.

I remember eating TV dinners off a TV tray in front of the black and white television when I was a kid. This didn’t happen very often – my mother generally was a stickler for making sure everyone sat down together at the table at dinner time, so TV dinners were few and far between. Still, I looked on it as an adventure when it happened.

DAYTON — New Year’s resolutions are often forgotten well before January reaches an end, but a recent study examining how to prevent cognitive decline suggests that one lifestyle change is worth holding onto: reducing ultra-processed food intake.

I’m here at my new desk. Well it’s not actually new, only new for me. I picked it up at a garage sale for free. So from this new spot in the office I look out the window and marvel.

Kindle is great. Libby is a godsend. But nothing can beat the calm, comforting feeling of a book in the hand. The snick of the turning page, the heft of the volume, the yielding crease of the spine as you seek your place feels like home.

December is already a week and a half old! This festive twelfth month is hurtling along like a bobsled heading down an icy hill.

Editor’s Note: The Amish Cook is being written this week by Dorcas Raber, Gloria’s mom. Gloria will return next week!

Today’s topic concerns, as topics should, trendy, up-to-the-minute information that impacts millions of people. Hah! You thought I was going to write about Covid. Except for these two sentences, it is my pleasure to report that this is a Covid-free story. No, today’s topic is…I forget. Wait! Today’s topic is memory.

Sometimes it might be best to just stay home.