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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Racial Dimensions of Social Distancing

By Lauren Mark March 23rd, 2020 Never before has social distancing taken on so many dimensional meanings. Spit on, Yelled at, Attacked: Chinese-Americans Fear for their Safety “I feel like I’m being invaded by this hatred. It’s everywhere. It’s silent. It’s as deadly as this disease.” Edward Anonymous "Never before have I felt afraid... More

Monday, May 4, 2020

INSIDE-OUTSIDE

By Cesar Cisneros Pandemic is isolation Living without permission to enjoy the streets To be without being What's going on outside? It rains and I can't enjoy it Sunny day with no people on the streets Pandemic is inhumanity War without a specific enemy Is an illusion only what I live? But I'm happy,... More

Thursday, April 9, 2020

The shedding of ego

By Kali Rises currently, life is a bi-polar collage of cell shaking anxiety mixed with some of the most beautiful enlightening moments that will resonate as 'peak' experiences for me until the very moment I take my last breath. This confusing dichotomy at times feels so overwhelming I am astounded I can continue to... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Day 25

By Frazier We started shelter in place as soon as our schools were closed because most of our house is high risk with asthma. It’s been great for my children, they are young and will not remember anything but nightly walks, making forts in the living room, and playing outside. I started off scared... More

Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Reflection

By Alex Shafer I worked for over a year to get a student teaching placement abroad, only to be forced to travel home, internationally, after fewer than 2 weeks. To be honest, I felt safer where I was in France than I do here. I am angry that I was made to travel in the... More

Monday, April 6, 2020

Paradox

By Brian Grant Today has been, for the most part, a good day. I haven't read much news. I spent the afternoon with my son and girlfriend skateboarding around the neighborhood. There was a lot of folks out and about. The weather is insanely beautiful right now. Everyone smiles and waves. It feels very... More

Thursday, April 2, 2020

By Jamie Mccullough I have been dusting off board games and old photo albums over the past few weeks. we have cleaned the basement and donated clothes. I am home with my 4 kids while my husband still goes into work. we resorted to cutting our kids hair...I told them not to worry..we won't... More

Monday, March 30, 2020

By Samantha Nolte-Yupari I can feel the swell of energy in the world churning around me. But rather than be swallowed by the tidal wave I feel oddly peaceful; as if I'm surfing the wave. I have been burnt out this year. As an introvert and an empath, my home as always been a... More

Monday, March 30, 2020

Day 15: Afternoon Sun

By Michelle Lesley Annett Water and lemon soothe my throat while the sun beams down, keeping me warm. All is quiet, all is still, yet the birds continue to sing their songs. Winter has come & now gone away. We get a glimmer of spring, as it gets warmer each day. This spring is... More

Sunday, March 29, 2020

By Ario Yesterday was my birthday! It felt really strange, especially because I have lost a very dear friend recently and I miss her very much. I think as the world experiences a prolonged state of loneliness, all of us will be forced to face our real selves eventually sometime very soon. This isolation... More

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Teaching in the (un)time of COVID-19

By P M I have no idea what I am doing. But does anyone right now? This seems an apt endeavour in the circumstances. Since last week, a lifetime's worth of changes have happened. We queue to enter the supermarket, we talk more than we ever have before, we watch the numbers and graphs... More

Saturday, March 28, 2020

Time to Think

By Sharon Martinelli Time to think Loosing precious time In preparing for it We saw it coming but... We closed our eyes We ignored it, shunned it, made fun of it. Now it engulfed the world It’s like a warzone A health warzone Attacked by an ‘Invisible enemy’ ‘This is worse than WW2’ An... More