Blogger Maria Trivisonno

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It was a strange Fourth of July.  The big party I usually go to was pared down, and with my underlying conditions, I didn’t even attend the smaller gathering.  What should I do? Luckily, I fall in the age-range that had something to do this Fourth of July weekend, after watching Hamilton, of course.  I’m in that little slice of “Xennials” that screamed very loudly for New Kids on the Block.  You know who you are!  And a few years before that, we were exactly the right age when Kristy Thomas had her great idea. That’s right.  I binge watched Netflix’s new re-imagining of The Baby-Sitters’ Club, and, as a childhood fan, I found it delightful.  I was “beyond” the Club when the earlier TV show had come out, but now, as an adult during a pandemic, nostalgia for a simpler time was just what I needed. The first episode…