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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.

M R are the Initials of my uncle.. we lost him due to corona virus. His absence is loud. He left us his beautiful little kids. To always look out for. I miss you everyday. So does the kids and my mom. The last time I saw you was on my birthday.. You came to give me a birthday hug and apologize for not bringing a gift. I told you all I want is for you to take good care of your self. After that I didn’t didn’t know much about you. Till I found out you were in the hospital. Then got the call that you passed away. I didn’t believe it much and had hope you were still here and that the doctors made a identification mistake. But then the day came when I saw your coffin. I was the first one to give you a rose when they set you down in the ground. I was also the first one to let the white balloon go as we all say goodbye. I love you and will always remember you. Rest in Eternal Peace tio.

July 10, 2020

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It should be my graduation today, however it is now postponed until 2021. I am sad I cannot celebrate with my classmates and friends, but I am glad I am back home with family. The virus has also made applying for jobs more difficult, I fear I will start my roll in stressful times in the NHS or private sector as we need to wear PPE and socially distance. I also lack confidence due to not being able to be in clinic practising podiatry as our course was cut short, so I have not applied my knowledge in a while. Although, i'm sure I will pick it up again when I start work. Here's a photo of me celebrating my 2:1 honours degree in podiatry!

July 12, 2020

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COVID era still life. All is still nearly all the time. Silence is deafening. Home alone and isolated - not much talking all day long. But there is life - I am still alive. I am still healthy. What sacrifices we make for our safety.

July 14, 2020

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Well, vine a vivir a la selva amazónica de Ecuador hasta que esté disponible la vacuna, hace años no he visitado este sitio, me arrepiento de no hacerlo desde que inicio la cuarentena. El sonido de la naturaleza y los paisajes que he visto me ha hecho posible manejar mi ansiedad que llegó a su pico limite hace unos meses. Amo la fotografia, la naturaleza y la oportunidad de estar con mis seres queridos despúes de estar lejos de ellos muchos meses. La pandemia nos está pasando factura en el ámbito emocional y mental. Take care u and your family and friends. Se saldrá de esto pero con muchas bajas. Todos se sienten aprensivos, con miedo y decepción del manejo de las autoridades del Gobierno con esta pandemia de Covid-19. La politica en este pais es un chiste andante y eso me causa decepción y tristeza. sueño en vivir en un pais justo, algun día sucederá...

July 15, 2020

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Cielo Rosa 💗 Soy estudiante mexicana y vine de Intercambio a Buenos Aires, cuando empezó la pandemia del COVID-19, así que me encontraba en la disyuntiva de no saber si regresar a México o quedarme aquí, comenzé a llorar cuando me enteré que Argentina entraba en cuarentena obligatoria, yo sólo había llegado dos semanas antes, ni siquiera tuve tiempo para disfrutar, cuando sentí que todos mis planes se venían abajo, me acerqué al balcón de la residencia dónde vivo y pude ver este cielo color rosa maravilloso, entonces sentí un gran alivio, de una u otra forma sabía que todo iba a estar bien y que todo pasa! Por algo había llegado a Argentina, así que decidí quedarme, decidí pasar esta pandemia fuera de mi país y lejos de mi familia. Sola completamente sola! ¿Fue una buena decisión? 🇦🇷🇲🇽

July 20, 2020

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This is Maisie. She keeps me sane and provides structure in this pandemic nightmare we're in.

July 22, 2020

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Has the pandemic affected your religious or spiritual observance in any way? If so, talk about it.

I started wearing my hamsa necklace again, hoping to keep the “evil eye” of my inner demons and external demons away. I know it’s, realistically, not powerful in that way but it’s comforting. Maybe that’s all I’m looking for: something to hope for and to feel comforted. Is that too much?

July 22, 2020

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The public transportation system ... is reducing bus routes and will no longer let seniors ride their GoBus at the end of September. This is the transportation I use to get to dentist, doctor appointments and to grocery store. I have no car. The only people that will be allowed to ride GoBus are people who are certified disabled by the ... Area Transit System. As I have a mental health diagnosis of GAD and OCD, I am thinking about submitting my application for GoBus ridership. But am worried and mistrustful of the ... administration to keep this information confidential and give me a fair hearing. My only other option is the regular city buses which are a much higher risk for COVID exposure and I am in high vulnerability group due to my age and high blood pressure. While I have been able to do some food shopping locally within walking distance, I will not be able to access these food sources come winter ..like the farmers market, cheese shop and bakery. So now I have both a transportation problem and a food access problem.

July 29, 2020

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Impermanence.

July 29, 2020

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One of my favorite cafes went out of bussiness. They temporarily made it a gallery - a few unemployed artists are “presenting” their works, pasteries, and self-made coffee, and selling them. It is part of extensive protests that take place in Israel in the past weeks. I bought an overpriced cookie. I am unemployed too, but I have enough money for cookies. I try not to fall for deppression. I registered for painting lessons. The pandemic made me think about what I did with my life. I have plenty of time, I need a dramatic change. How come this concern of pandemic was something I never imagined? I need to work on my imagination.

July 29, 2020

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The last couple of weeks have been very exciting for me! I got my degree and a week later I got offered a band 5 NHS Podiatry job! I am both excited and nervous about this new chapter in my life. ... I am sad to leave Edinburgh as it has been my home for the last 4 years as a student, it is where I met so many great people and I feel as though it is now my second home. I just cannot believe 4 years are over! ... The picture I have uploaded is right on my doorstep, literally! ... Lots of people travel to go on holiday up here, which at the moment is a bit annoying. I know we are moving through the stages and it is technically allowed, it is still anxiety inducing however to suddenly see more people in this very rural area. I wish people were more aware and conscientious of the fact that these "holiday destinations" are peoples homes.

July 29, 2020

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The ocean is my calm place. I feel strong, yet at peace when I gaze at the waves. I’m so thankful that I was able to celebrate my birthday there in the midst of the fear and uncertainty of this time. So much has changed; so much has been lost. Yet the ocean remains constant in its cycles.

July 29, 2020

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Durante los últimos días he tenido un vaivén de emociones, el sentimiento de necesitar salir a respirar aires de los parques o las zonas forestales se hacen cada vez más fuertes, pero con la crisis sanitaria y las personas de mi ciudad descuidándose aún no puedo disfrutar esto. Esta semana mis amigos y yo nos hemos empezado a comunicar por videollamadas, ¡Es más divertido de lo que pensé!, no es lo mismo que estar juntos, comiendo y conviviendo, pero la situación que pasamos ha hecho que algunas plataformas innoven más y nos hagan sentir conectados, hemos probado a ver películas juntos de manera simultanea y es bastante lindo, es increíble cómo podemos sentir unión estando tan separados. Sin embargo, personas cercanas a mí han comenzado a preocuparse por pequeños síntomas de enfermedad que tienen, no necesariamente de la que actualmente nos afecta, pero hasta un simple resfriado nos hace sugestionarnos mucho y pedir por su bienestar. Solo nos queda esperar y seguir cuidándonos, por mi parte, trataré de siempre encontrarle cosas positivas a esta situación, ¡No puedo esperar a ver los frutos de las cosechas que por la pandemia mi papá se animó a sembrar!, un pequeño huerto familiar ahora le da la paz mental a mi papá que necesitaba por no poder salir. Ánimo, espero que todos se encuentren bien.

July 29, 2020

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Demasiado silencio, demasiado estar en interior. Las horas se pierden, algunas pasan volando y otras se quedan estancadas... ¿sigue la humanidad ahí afuera? El diálogo interior no cesa y ya no sabe uno si es preferible estar casi solo o haber tenido una gran familia bulliciosa, la primera vez que salí de casa vi personas en la calle como si no pasara nada como si solo yo fuera la única dentro de una cuarentena interminable. Extraño pasear llevar mi cámara y fotografiar sólo por el placer de hacerlo, extraño salir el sábado y encontrarme el transporte público lleno de personas que no conozco y que hoy quisiera conocer. Ahora esa frase de "el interior es lo que cuenta" se vuelve primordial ¿sobrevivir o exponerse?... ¿cada 100 años la realidad cambia?... ¿que podemos hacer de forma individual más allá de las recomendaciones?

July 29, 2020

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Talk about what brings you happiness these days.

I'm usually an upbeat, happy person and feel lucky almost everyday to have a happy family, good friends, an interesting job, a nice house, a car that works, and to live where I do in the world. My optimism has certainly been tested since COVID began and like everyone else in the country, I've been experiencing a lot more downs than ups. I've tried to purposely spend time doing things that take my mind off all the crazy news and disordered state of our country and the world. One of these activities has been butterfly cocoon hatching. I had visited Magic Wings Butterfly Sanctuary in Deerfield Mass back in February, before the virus arrived here, and found out they sell native butterfly and beneficial insect cocoons for you to hatch and release at home. I started ordering them online in April and have hatched almost 20 this summer -- different varieties of Swallowtails, Luna moths, and Polyphemus moths. The photo I've uploaded is of one of the Spicebush Swallowtails -- after her wings had unfolded and pumped up, she crawled onto my hand and sat there for about 5 minutes before flying away. I garden with native plants and flowers in order to attract and support wildlife, jokingly referring to it as my "wildlife habitat" rather than my garden, but I was thrilled when she flew directly across my yard and landed on the Spicebush I had planted which, as her name implies, is one of the plants on which they lay eggs. Its been incredibly joyful to come down some mornings to find that another has hatched and I will soon get to release them into my garden. Its one of my happy projects! Of course not all of the cocoons are viable so that has been an important lesson too, that nature can be pretty cruel. About four of the moths and butterflies (out of the 20) seem unable to get out of their cocoons properly or their wings never fully open so they can't fly. I've read that for every viable cocoon there are several that aren't and will not hatch correctly -- Mother Nature's way of keeping down the butterfly and moth population I guess. I just wish she would apply the same logic to all the damn slugs who are munching on my garden plants every night! But my garden has been and remains one of my happy places and when it's not too hot I spend at least an hour or more after work each day in my garden -- watering, planting, weeding and deadheading. ...

July 29, 2020

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This is the scene of utter luxury. It’s early dawn. I have the house—and the world—to myself. I’ve opened both screen doors to let in the sounds of birds and breezes before the sounds of people intrude. There’s an occasional streetcar sound—much fewer lately, because who really wants to get on public transportation in the middle of a pandemic. Few cars—many of us are still working from home, or simply staying put, because that is what is called for these days, four months into quarantine, going on five. Our gardens this year flourish with cucumber leaves measuring 10” across and down. They climb the deck’s trellis more than seven feet high, protecting tomatoes, zucchini and, of course, cucumbers, from the hot sun which will soon burn away the clouds. Once the sun emerges, I’ll have to close those sliding doors, and rely on a/c to keep the summer heat from making this room unbearably hot. For now, the doors remain open, blowing gentle breezes across the chair. See that book on the side table? It’s the first paper book I’ve read in a long time, as opposed to opening the kindle app on my iPad. When it drew me into its story, I felt the familiar comfort of losing myself in pages, where I meet interesting characters, and forget the news, the void, the universe. We built this room just last year, replacing a dilapidated deck with structure designed to be totally opened to feel the fresh air, and yet closed to — while still being close to — the elements when necessary, which is most of the time in New England. We used to access this space only a few weeks a year. Enclosed, it has become my favorite hideout—day and night, and especially really early morning. We built it as a room for company. In lockdown, it is a room for reflection, for conversation, for writing and simple breathing. A space to think. A place of my own, before the day begins.

July 29, 2020

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Algunas personas están sintiendo emociones muy intensas en este momento. ¿Hay algo que le pone especialmente triste, o enojada/o en este momento? Si es así, ¿en qué está pensando?

Me siento inútil, no tengo trabajo desde que empezó en marzo la pandemia al principio tenía fé de que algo podía hacer pero ahora ya no estoy tan segura. Hay personas que no les ha afectado su vida yo me la paso entre la angustia miedo, coraje e impotencia y de paso envidia de ver que hay gente que hasta de vacaciones se ha ido

July 29, 2020

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Throughout the state mandated stay at home law, I spent much of my time working on jigsaw puzzles. I found this helped me to ease my anxiety by focusing on small details without having to think too hard. Work is changing next week and will be allowing more staff in the building at a time. Moving from 5 people to 25. Thankful patrons and public are not allowed in the building. Just hope we stay covid free. The numbers of positive covid-19 rates are going up in Washington state. I'm only going out 1x every 2 weeks for groceries. My life is now only my time at work and home. I have 6 days off next month. But can't go anywhere.

July 30, 2020

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We had to get away again. ... We were extremely lucky with a weather window. Paddling out to the middle of the lake on the kayak and paddleboard was extremely freeing. It was true social distancing. You truly felt as if you had the space to breathe. Fenrir TroubleOn4Paws, had so much fun swimming, hiking, and being ferried around the lake that he was often tuckered out around camp. Except when the raccoons decided to throw an after-hours party right beside our tent. Garbage and food were left out so the Trash Pandas were in party mode. Fenrir barked his displeasure at the disturbance, waking us up. I swear that one of the little masked marauders dared to come right up to the tent and put his grubby little paws on the tent fabric just to tease my dog. *insert eye-roll* It was refreshing to get away. Very much needed - especially since work is recalling us to go back into the buildings. I don't believe it is a good idea and am not a fan of the decisions of our Powers That Be. I need to find an outlet for the stress caused by this mismanagement.

July 31, 2020

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I read 'The Cancer Journals' by Audre Lorde earlier in the week and, though she was talking about the individual experience of having breast cancer, her words about how sudden illness impacts all facets of yourself stood out. She describes 'the agony of an involuntary reorganisation of my entire life' following a negative diagnosis. This resonated very much in terms of how many people lost out with lockdown. However, she also says: 'But within those three weeks, I was forced to look upon myself and my living with a harsh and urgent clarity that has left me shaken but still stronger'. I hope this will apply as we recover from Covid-19.

August 4, 2020

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