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This screenshot, captured on January 21, 2022, shows some of the information that is being made available to patrons who speak languages other than English. This page provides COVID-19 information in Portuguese.

Screenshot of a page from the Library's web site showing how the pandemic is impacting Portland Room visitors.

Abbott K, age 8, student
Scott K, Artist (he painted Moby Dick hanging in the PPL Atrium)
Gail K, School Occupational Therapist

This photograph and caption was submitted via email to a Portland Public Library staff member.

Abbott K, age 8, distance learning from his home in April 2020

This came as I found myself caught up in the world’s constantly growing numbers of covid19 cases back when they seemed horrible, but were really slight compared to today. Even as I looked with strange fascination, I kept reminding myself that these…

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.

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

This image is part of a collection documenting the Covid-19 pandemic and the sense of unsettle ground that came from it.