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…
Category: Photo Journal 2020
2020 March – Week 13
Everything slowed down in Week Thirteen. Not necessarily in a bad way — it feels as though everything has slowed to a walk. The news is no longer changing hourly (or maybe I’ve just started tuning it out). The stress of creating an infrastructure for remote learning and teaching has passed. The urgency we all…
2020 March – Week 12
It’s not mandated that we stay at home, but it’s strongly suggested, and it seems safer. Which means Week Twelve brought us a new normal that we weren’t fully prepared for. Sunday I guess this was day one of “quarantine.” The sun has started to make its presence felt more, and it’s been nice to…
2020 March – Week 11
Week Eleven. The week we got jolted into an alternate universe where toilet paper is a commodity and social distancing is not just the practice of introverts, but a civic responsibility. We got plunged fully into this COVID-19 crisis and forced to confront our own vulnerabilities. Uncertainty was in the air while the news changed…
2020 March – Week 10
Maaarch! Maaarch! It’s March! (Sung like the line from Rent when Mark introduces himself to the Life Support meeting) The year still felt quite young when I was able to label the posts February. March is the equivalent to turning 30. You’re supposed to have your shit together. The New Years resolutions are supposed to…
2020 February – Week 9
Week nine brought us an extra day to live this year. What a remarkable thing. Week nine also marks the first time I’m not including an image of a cat or dog. I am not sure if this is actually an accomplishment. Motivated by a desire to have different images to include this week, I…
2020 February – Week 8
Week Eight was February break, so I did a lot of lying in and on my bed. It was a productive spot for me, though. I read a book, wrote, got my BuJo March spreads done, and finished reading the first draft of my novel — which didn’t turn out to be as bad as…
2020 February – Week 7
Week Seven was not the best week of my life. It certainly had some lovely moments I’m happy to be able to hold on to, but it was a week of failing to fight off a cold, feeling stressed at school, and falling off the healthy habits wagon… And symptoms of my autoimmune disease resurfaced,…
2020 February – Week 6
While there were some low moments this week that weathered me a bit, I think the highs won out this time… or for now at least. These lows will keep tugging at me in the coming days, but this week a sparkling snow blanketed the world and covered the cracks and the dirt and the…
2020 January – Week 5
This week I mostly took pictures as an afterthought. It was almost a chore. And even when I wanted to take pictures, I felt kind of silly — self conscious. I felt like people were judging me. That girl has no idea how to take real photographs. Or maybe: Ugh. Another girl obsessed with posting…