I was in a daze this week. I lost my soulmate, and as a result, time moved strangely. Whole days disappeared and by Friday, I couldn’t believe almost a week had gone since I’d said goodbye to Sammy. On Sunday, though, when they delivered his ashes, I couldn’t believe it had only been a week….
Category: 2020 April
2020 April – Week 18
Week Eighteen brought us the announcement from Governor Cuomo that schools will be closed for the remainder of the year. I am okay with this. Of course, OF COURSE, I miss my students and think online teaching kind of sucks (Did I say kind of??). But the ELA teachers and I have a plan. As…
2020 April – Week 17
Another week of social distancing in the books. Week Seventeen saw repeated news stories about the daft man “running” this country and reported on protesters in some states with signs that literally said, “Sacrifice the weak” and “Give me liberty or give me death!” These were so ridiculous, I actually wondered if people were trolling…
2020 April – Week 16
Week Sixteen sort of felt like the week that wouldn’t end. Or was that last week? Or every week? Forced to stay still for so long, I am realizing that hiding under the layer of stress I usually feel by the hundreds of things that keep me busy during a week, is an anxiety. I…
2020 April – Week 15
EVERY DAY IS THE SAME DAY. Which is pretty much the exact opposite of the lesson I set out to teach myself with this photo project. Maybe looking back months from now Week Fifteen will stand out to in some kind of way. After all, it is the week they announced they’re pushing this “pause”…
2020 April – Week 14
Week Fourteen… Another week “quarantined”. We’re leaving only for exercise or essential foodstuffs. We’re handling groceries with gloves and walking to the other side of the street when we see another pedestrian. My parents drop things off on the porch and then chat with me from their car in the driveway while I sit at…