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She and her family decorated the house, cooked a feast and gave out gifts. A few months later, she and her parents, who are scientists, watched news coming out of Wuhan, China, anticipating the novel virus would impact whether they could see one another ahead of expected lockdowns.
It’s not just a yearbook. It’s not just one school. It’s a pattern of behavior, perpetrated by overzealous, shaming adults, onto children. It’s girls sent home for wearing leggings. Or given school-issued T-shirts to cover their shoulders. It’s girls being told, over and over, that their bodies are distracting and shameful.
Steven Rogers talks with fellow Williams College alumni during a Zoom event about his new book “A Letter to My White Friends & Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community” at his home on May 6, 2021 in Evanston. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)
Dear Upset: You don’t mention what business this gift card was for, or how you define “sex shop,” but yes — any gift card for any business even loosely affiliated with a sex shop (including a gift card for lingerie) would be completely inappropriate and outrageous as any kind of professional bonus. It is also curious that your city was choosing to support this type of business when so many others were hurting this winter, due to the pandemic.
The damage typically consists of two to four cupped leaves that are tied together with silk and may occur in a few spots on an individual plant. I have been seeing hydrangeas with two to five of these cupped leaf groups, though you can have more in some situations. If you find the slender green caterpillar, up to ½-inch long, with a blackish head, when pulling apart the leaves, you will verify your problem.
Days later, while I was away on a well-earned respite, the caregiver I hired to stay with my wife (a woman we’ve known for nearly 20 years) spent her time with my wife reading from the Bible, praying over her, and assuring her that Jesus would make her whole if she believed hard enough.
Another risk from tree staking is damage to the bark, Janoski said. Rope or wire used to secure the tree to the stakes can rub right through the bark and the important layer just beneath the bark, where the tree grows and where it transports water and nutrients between the leaves and the roots. “If that layer is cut, the tree can’t function,” she said.
Dear Readers: Recently, I ran a question from an older gentleman signing his letter, “Indeed, not Your Sweetie.” He and his friends wanted to register their disgust at being called “Sweetie,” “Honey,” and the like by service workers and healthcare professionals.
Chris Cuomo, the host of CNN’s nightly show “Cuomo Prime Time,” attends a reception on April 11, 2019, in New York. Cuomo joined strategy session phone calls with the staff of his older brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to discuss the handling of sexual harassment allegations. (Evan Agostini)
A damaged tennis court net hangs from a wire at Lindbloom Park as weeds protrude from the cracks near 61st Street and Damen Avenue in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago on May 19, 2021. West Englewood is an area with a high violence and obesity correlation. (Abel Uribe / Chicago Tribune)