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Despite pandemic, some individuals are living ordinary lives

British research that Shukan Gendai cites shows men aged over 55 are more likely to die if recently widowed at a rate 40 percent higher than that of the general population. | GETTY IMAGES

British research that Shukan Gendai cites shows men aged over 55 are more likely to die if recently widowed at a rate 40 percent higher than that of the general population. | GETTY IMAGES

By Michael Hoffman
Contributing writer

Sep 19, 2020

Kunio Mase quit computer programming to grow sweet potatoes.

So?

Enormous things are happening in the world. Also, small things. We shouldn’t altogether lose sight of the small things.