Public letter debate on church visits for Alzheimer’s patient Blanche
A reader argues that visiting Blanche at church provides comfort and memory support for Alzheimer’s, while Abby’s column owner initially advised against parading her. The letter-writers discuss dignity, familiarity, and the balance between nostalgia and potential stress as the disease progresses. A second exchange addresses a spouse’s cellphone distraction in shared life, advising open talk and a set phone-free time to strengthen companionship.
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Jumbles Prompt Contains Scattered Game Note Fragments
Scattered phrases suggest a sports recap note with mentions of AWFUL, on the ball, wheel, fumble and a hint that answers arrive tomorrow. The garbled text implies notes from a game or practice log rather than a cohesive report.
Todays Crossword Puzzle Across
A crowd of crossword clues spans across 1 Barbecue site 5 ONeal of hoops 9 Bottom feeder 13 George who was a she 15 Llama country 16 Green sci 17 Model Campbell 18 Livys Lo 19 Mezzanine 20 Command to Fido 21 ae psune rub 27 Hay fever 30 Whopper 31 Panoramas 32 Spring flower 37 To led o s lake 38 Bach instrument 40 Gurus practice 41 Fine tune again 43 Fishtails 44 Dune buggy kin 45 Forms a thought 47 Tempura morsel 50 Like a neat lawn 51 Jesuit founder 52 Confront 53 Plunging ne 56 Ersatz butter 57 Math course 59 Avignons river 61 Kit utensils 63 Elegant shop 64 ne 101 word 65 Hotfoots it 66 Moist 7 Circle portion 8 Wonder 9 Salsa singer Cruz 10 Wildlife staple 11 Thesaurus name 12 Court response 14 Microwave features 22 Foot-pound relative 24 Sigh of relief 25 Wielded an axe 26 Arm bone 27 Maintain 28 Trevi Fountain coins 29 Carries Star Wars role 32 Milloncom 33 Protest song writer 34 Put to flight 35 Curved molding 36 Elapse 38 Surpass 39 Invitation letters 42 Clink or cooler 43 Storm drains 45 Reflections 46 Gunsmoke nickname 47 Kind of panel 48 Scavenging 49 Perch 51 Easy gait 52 Send in the faxes 53 mo rodent 54 to a poet 55 eee 58 Pierres King 60 Ate for dinner
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