Life in COVIDian times

By Glenda Bartosh
What to do when you have to keep calm and not quite carry on

Ironically, the term “quarantine” came to us from our dear, now-beleaguered friends in Italy. The Italian quarantina, meaning “40 days,” is from the Italian quaranta for the number 40, and refers to the biblical narrative of the temptation of Christ—the 40 days when Jesus fasted in the wilderness and was tempted by the devil.…

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• Whistler News

March 27, 2020

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