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Attached you'll find two photo images I took:  an item purchased during COVID-19.....  sporks!  and what was eaten with them:  pho.....  I make different ones all winter.  Yum......  or at least my friends tell me so.

My cat, Hannah, helps me cope with COVID-19 because she doesn’t think it is a big deal.
- Mari and Hannah.

What the pandemic experience has been teaching me.
This essay is more of an observation and less of a complaint about the human condition and how fragile and interdependent we humans ultimately are.

On January 29, 2020 I opened a new word doc and began writing. Two months later, in March, I began to self-isolate and to journal extensively about my experience. On January 29, 2021 I looked back at the first entry I'd written and marveled at how…

I was watching the inauguration on the computer and was so moved by the events that I pulled out my camera to capture the moment of Joe Biden being sworn in. Alas, I wasn't quick enough and instead captured the hug he gave Jill, after the moment,…

In the midst of a pandemic, we adopted our little "Josephine" (or "Josie")

He's my roommate and constant source of amusement and comfort. I hope he feels the same toward me. Perhaps he keeps me around mostly to feed him and to attend to his personal needs. As they say "dogs have owners..... cats have staff."

Here’s a picture of Norma, our little dog, who keeps bringing joy and laughter to our family.