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Only Human with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: Rhyme to pass the time

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteDecember 9, 2022

Joan Axelrod-Contrada and Rick, the World’s Best Boyfriend, enjoying the time they spend together on the weekends.

Only Human with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: Why I favor a weekend-only relationship

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteNovember 10, 2022

Mandalas are an art form extolled by Buddhists and Hindus. “Something about the symmetry of these geometric designs tickled my fancy,” Axelrod-Contrada writes.

Only Human with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: On sympathy cards, Warren Zevon and my beloved

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteOctober 13, 2022

“Instead of leaving home to expand my horizons, I get the outside world to come to me,” Joan Axelrod-Contrada writes about her Airbnb.

Only Human with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: Takin’ care of business

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteSeptember 8, 2022

Octopus’s Garden: Autonomy, connection

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteAugust 11, 2022

J.M. Sorrell hugs a bride at a pre-pandemic wedding, one of the 800-plus wedding ceremonies she has officiated since 2004.

Every marriage needs a celebrant: J.M. Sorrell has officiated 800-plus weddings and counting

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteJanuary 21, 2022

Denise Barstow and Dylan Manz on their wedding day, Oct. 16.

Connecting threads: Hadley woman becomes 3rd generation to wear the same custom-made wedding gown made of Holyoke’s Skinner Satin

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteDecember 3, 2021

Only Human with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: Learning to thank my lucky stars

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the GazetteNovember 11, 2021

The different characters of an archetypes wheel.

Only human with Joan Axelrod-Contrada: In a world of choices, it’s good to be Magician Mother

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada For the Gazette August 5, 2021

Joan Axelrod-Contrada, of Florence, on her couch with a plate of cookies. “Every Wednesday afternoon, I got two scones as part of Little Bear Bread’s pandemic subscription service. The scones came dusted with sugar that glittered like sequins.”

Readers’ Voices Joan Axelrod-Contrada: Trying to get back to normal

by Joan Axelrod-Contrada June 10, 2021