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When the pandemic forced so many places to close in March and April of 2020 and many of us were sent to work from home, I found myself listening more carefully to what was going on around me. Without the clatter and din of the workplace, I tuned in…

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.

It was a quiet day in the library... the book truck sounded loud rumbling over Portland Public's orange carpet.

A Portland Public Library staff member reflects on what it means to have patrons back in the building after a year of pandemic closure.

A screenshot where I sent a link for a 3D model I made on my iPad of the “Settler’s Cabin” at the Maine Forest & Logging Museum and a distanced birthday wish.

A laminated sheet on how to social distance on Portland Trails is stapled to the Riverton Rail Trail information sign, which is at the start of the Riverton Rail Trail.

This comic was a comic-a-day project
of mine during the first three months
of the covid19 lockdown.

Watching animals interact and form relationships is lovely

The Banyamulenge (Tutsis) people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo "are facing another wave of inhumane emotional and psychological terror and being subjected to genocidal acts of violence.