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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Some days, when the walls are closing in, and I've not laid eyes on another human being for over a week other than my spouse and the few silent, masked souls wandering the aisles on a Tuesday morning at Walmart, I feel that this pandemic--already entering its sixth month--is never going to end. I feel trapped. Trapped in a situation over which I have no control. How long must I remain sequestered? When will I be able to safely visit and wrap my arms around my elderly mother, my sons and my grandchildren? When can I venture anywhere without the vital mask and hand sanitizer? How many more will die and/or suffer the ravages of COVID-19 before an effective vaccine becomes available? How can this possibly be happening in the 21st century? Trapped. Trapped in a nightmare. Unable to escape. Unable to move forward. Time marches on, and yet, it stands still. Remember bibliophile Henry Bemis in the "Time Enough at Last" episode of Twilight Zone? Henry finally gets his wish to be able to read whenever and whatever he wants; however, he accidentally breaks his glasses, so his plans and dreams are shattered. He's all alone with nothing enjoyable to occupy his time. At some point during this pandemic, each of us, unfortunately, can relate to poor Henry Bemis. Time was on our side, but COVID-19 reared its ugly head to impede our hopes and ambitions.
August 4, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
There is a storm outside but it looks like the tornado hit inside. Dreary days inside and out. The rain keeps pouring. At least it is something new. And we can hope for a rainbow.
August 4, 2020
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Some people have reported that their dreams have gotten more vivid, or that they’ve had an unusually strong sense of God, or felt the presence or heard the voice of departed loved ones—has anything like that happened to you? If it has, tell us about it.
I have been feeling both lighter and darker during this Covid-19 time. Still grieving and feeling the void from my Mom's death on April 28, Not Covid thank God, I have at times found myself going back in time in Slow motion, recalling good times with my family. A lot of childhood images. But sometimes I look ahead and that looks scary...sorta. Well, I will keep living mindfully!
August 10, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This week, I am grateful for our home and for the ability to expand and create beauty in this ugly time.
August 10, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Reluctantly, we decided to send our children to their usual summer day camp -- retooled to follow COVID-era precautions: questions and temperature checks at drop-off, no buses to/from camp, which is a good 1/2 hr away from where most kids live, brown-bag lunches, socializing only in tight groups/pods, masks on staff (but not kids), no late nights or overnights, no hand-clap games, backrubs, or usual camp hugging, touching, or roughhousing. As I write about these restrictions they sound awful. And yet the kids are THRILLED to go there every day. They get away from their cranky and exhausted parents, from the perfectly comfortable house (with a playroom! and a backyard!) where they've been stuck since March, from zooms and screens and nagging and chores. They're swimming in the pool, fishing in the lake, doing dance routines at flagpole, making lanyards and friendship bracelets, and building wooden boxes in woodworking. And they come home filthy and sweaty at the end of each day. It's not normal camp -- for sure. But this little taste of summer is such a blessing, and a gift. This week, Tropical Storm Isaias pummeled the coast and sent them home early one day, only to be stuck at home the next because of power outages and storm damage. In anticipation of the storm, our little one came home with this piece of art yesterday -- marker on a hunk of wood from the woodshop -- and told us it represents a tropical storm. It's chaotic, and beautiful, and a testament to the fact that in this CRAZY time of asinine and criminal political leadership, economic freefall, deeply embedded racism, environmental destruction, etc., little kids are absorbing this mad world -- and, sometimes, refracting it back to us as a place of beauty.
August 10, 2020
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Talk about what you think the world will be like after the pandemic is over.
So on top of all the crazy COVID stuff, this week we are dealing with the aftermath of tropical storm Isaias with 700,000 customers without power in CT alone when it finally cleared out of here. Our electric company, Eversource, has been taken to task for underestimating the storm which is in the top three worst storms in recent times here in CT. I've been through the other two (Sandy and the freak October snowstorm in 2012) and yeah, its that bad. Trees and wires down everywhere. I drove past this homemade sign the other day. A massive tree had fallen across the dead end road the sign is pointing down, wires pulled down everywhere, and even after 3 days there was still no crews in sight. Neighbors ended up cutting the tree themselves in order to be able just to get out to the main road. I talked to someone who lives on the road and they will be lucky if they get power back in a week, but it will probably take longer. When I drove past this sign ...I thought to myself, "yeah, right good luck with that. Eversource will come when its good and ready, meanwhile you guys need to take matters into your own hands if you actually want to get through this." So what does all this have to do with the future after COVID? Increasingly I think we are being left to fend for ourselves across the board -- whether its after a major storm or in the face of a global pandemic. No government guidance, assistance, or protection so its going to to be up to us, individually and as families, to take care of ourselves. That seems to be the way Republican like it and they seem to have gotten their way in this country at least. When a crisis happens we pretty much have to take care of ourselves, our families and our friends, because no one is coming to assist us, at least not from any government body or in any official capacity. ...
August 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I escaped this week and it felt great. This picture is only about 30 minutes of relaxation while watching children, but still, to be out of the house, in nature, with family, it was amazing! I broke all the rules - hugs, snuggles with a baby who is passed from person to person and slobbers over everyone, going into houses, eating together, etc. Frankly, I don't care. Right now at least. I hope and pray that I am able to stay healthy and that all of my family is too. It was risky but necessary - my mother had emergency surgery and I needed to be there. Thank God, she is healing and fine. And I would do it again to be there for her. I had missed her so much. Going there felt great, and coming home again felt much better. I don't feel as trapped, as desperate. And when I do start to go stir crazy again, now I have this beautiful picture to remind me that there is still nature and family not too far away.
August 11, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This is a photo taken as I passed a bus on the street. I personally am too high risk to ride public transit in this pandemic, even if it were physically possible for me, but I found it interesting that the driver has a taped off section in front and riders are supposed to get in the back door. Other notes from.the week: Participating in Pandemic journaling project study feels good , to know I can contribute somehow to future understanding of this crazy time. Has an effect on my writing because I know someone else might read it. ...
August 11, 2020
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Think about the people closest to you. Tell us about how the coronavirus has affected them, and their life.
My roommate has been going to work in construction, where a majority of his coworkers are conservatives and think that COVID is either a hoax, or overblown. His foreman has cancer, and still refuses to take precautions. He goes to work wearing a mask like this, and a faceshield, every day. Since he does so, he's been harassed and referenced as an "Antifa terrorist" for it. He just doesn't want to die, and doesn't want to put me at greater risk, while paying the bills. It's caused a lot of stress, and I worry for his sake.
August 13, 2020
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¿De que manera el coronavirus le está afectando su vida en este momento? Cuéntenos sus experiencias, sensaciones/emociones, y pensamientos.
Esta semana estuve pensando sobre el poder. A través de los años, me di cuenta de que me gustaba desafiar el poder y detestaba ejercerlo. Alguien podría decirme que en realidad tengo miedo de ejercer el poder. Pero no. No me gusta obligar a nadie a nada. No me gusta ver cómo la gente se transforma al ejercerlo. No fue nada bonito cuando me tocó ser el daño colateral de la lucha de poder entre dos hombres con egos grandes. Ellos están como si nada, yo vi mi vida destruida. Reconozco que me gusta trabajar con mujeres poderosas, mujeres que ejercen el poder. Entonces, no me dan ganas de apedrearlas para bajarlas. Casi siempre han llegado allí por méritos propios y eso lo respeto. Y no envidio para nada sus posiciones y éxito. Me gusta llegar y que me den trabajo, trabajar para ellas un tiempo y luego, marcharme. Ese es mi éxito: ser libre y ejercer un poder pequeño, si se quiere ver asi: el poder de mi propia vida, bajo mis propios términos . No obligo y no me obligan. El gran poder de mundo seguirá revolcando conciencias.
August 13, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Home with the kids. The outputs: a unicorn, a dog with a bowl, and a self portrait
August 13, 2020
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Some people have reported that their dreams have gotten more vivid, or that they’ve had an unusually strong sense of God, or felt the presence or heard the voice of departed loved ones—has anything like that happened to you? If it has, tell us about it.
In the past week, I felt the presence of those who have gone before me - holding me in their firmness and strength. I have been thinking about how they taught me to be who I am and be responsible and steady during this pandemic time. And just knowing that has given me resolve that it is possible, and that I do not need to be swayed by the wind from one day to the next when faced with case numbers rising or irresponsible political management at the national level. I wanted to capture that strength and idea of being a conduit, of being a connected system for myself and my family - even during this time of isolation. A tree with roots in the ground, a leaf with veins stretching out from base to tip, or the veins that course through me.
August 14, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
This week has been the first week that "things" have started to feel normal. We have kept ourselves isolated and limited contact with family. For us family has always been a source of comfort, and we do not go long without a large family gathering. But this week marked the first of several social distancing visits, and it felt good to see and hear my loved ones again. However, I keep revisiting that first week of shelter in place, and I find myself nostalgic for the peace and calm of my home. There was uncertainty, yes, but my husband and sister (who lives with us) were home with me, the dogs were content, and we had a few quiet days of aloneness... That is what this photo represents. It was week one, and the house was clean, the sun was out... all was calm and closed off from the rest of the world. I felt both relieved and guilty to be sheltered in place in such a comforting space.
August 15, 2020
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Think about the people closest to you. Tell us about how the coronavirus has affected them, and their life.
This is a photo of a chalk drawing of Hope and Love drawn by a young child, another interesting find on a neighborhood walk. Not being able to go to school, and parents doing homeschooling has affected the lives of my children and grandchildren. I have faith that my grandchildren will be able to eventually catch up on their schooling. Other children won't be able to.I worry about this a lot. At this point in the evil pandemic, no one knows when children all over the world will be able to return to school. This is a problem that will be talked about and written about for perhaps endless years. Did people write about how children were affected educationally after the Spanish Flu of 1918-1919? Where is that information?I can't find it.
August 15, 2020
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Are you doing anything artistic or creative these days that you weren’t doing before? If so, talk about it.
I can’t stop embroidering. I have always liked it but now I can’t stop. I am most definitely getting some kind of therapy from this. Every night as I watch TV, on vacation, and in the car when we drive for a longer ride. I imagined myself sewing a COVID quilt - meaning sewing a quilt now that I have more time. Nope. I sit and I stitch.
August 16, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
We did it. We took a vacation with friends. We self isolated for 2 weeks ahead of time, brought all of our own groceries and had a lovely week with dear friends. We hugged! Our daughter played with a friend INSIDE!! I hated to leave. I hated coming home to school anxiety conversations and my daughter swinging on the swings for hours by herself. I hate COVID but I love my friends.
August 16, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I tend to depend on coordinating with other people for vacations/outings, mainly because internal motivation and exploring new places wo a buddy is just not really my thing, but also because these days, my son and I spending MORE time alone together in an unfamiliar environment tends to be a recipe for meltdowns. I found the motivation for camping, however, since I was familiar with a campground from a previous years’ expedition with extended family, and I wanted to give my kid some semblance of a summer something, since beaches, etc., have been mainly off the menu. But like all plans, BAM, hurricane hit and closed it. I scrambled, found another place and got one of the last spots. It ended up being probably the worst since the nearby road had consistent traffic and we didn’t feel quite like we were in the woods, there were meltdowns, my eye swelled up with a horsefly bite, it rained even though I specifically picked the dates BEFORE it was supposed to rain (and why there was only that single site left) and we really missed family since running around with cousins is one of the best parts about camping (for both of us since then I get time too), BUT we went on easy nearby hikes, saw lots of fly fishing and found this really excellent spider fly fishing spot. Sort of sums Up where I am with the pandemic: cobwebby, laced with morning dew. Sometimes I see the beauty and it’s sparkling; other times I tromp right into the sticky web.
August 16, 2020
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My son lost a tooth and wrote to the tooth fairy asking for a very particular mask case (we’ve found glasses case to work well for that). I find this both hopeful and disheartening. Hopeful that he has seamlessly integrated pandemic living so matter of factly and without apparent trauma (at least in this case). And then disheartening for the same reason. But all over hilarious.
August 18, 2020
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What's one obstacle you've faced in the past week? How did you handle it?
My cat is due her rabies shot and is a requirement where i live in senior housing or I could be evicted from apartment My vet requires that I arrive by car and wait in car while they give cat shots and a checkup I DON’T HAVE A CAR. I posted the problem on a private Facebook group, which I created for my first cousins, and asked for help The cousin who volunteered Is my least favorite cousin but accepted the offer. Feel I have no choice .
August 21, 2020
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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
I always feel nervous going outside, especially on my way to work, but seeing the flowers in neighbors’ gardens as I pedal by on my bicycle reminds me to stay optimistic. With all the tragedy on the news, these flowers still decided to grow full of color and light, and I think we humans might be able to do that someday, too.
August 21, 2020