Adventures in Quarantine

 Hey, something happening today. The US set records for covid hospitalizations for the 8th day in a row. Covid related deaths broke the 300,000 mark.  BUT two Good Things: 1. The first person in the USA received a vaccine for Covid-19. It is terribly exciting and quite emotional to watch the nurses and doctors on TV getting the first shots.  (I want to do another post about the folly the vaccine: reflections on how Mother Nature is communicating her displeasure for human activity, how we should be listening and changing our polluting ways and not just relying on science to get us our of this time and and time again...but for the moment I'll let science have this moment, and express my deep gratitude for all the amazing scientists who developed this vaccine.   I cannot wait to get mine! ) 2. The electoral college voted and Joe Biden was officially declared President Elect of the US. While some legal offices were closed due to legitimate threats of violence from Trump ...

 This is a piece I originally wrote for 7 Days Newspaper in August/September of 2020.  Wednesday August 19th First day of Inservice I haven’t been inside the building since March 18th. (In June I stood out front and waved at our parade of seniors, but other than that, I haven’t been back). As I pull into the school parking lot, the tears stream down, it all comes out. So many big feelings: fear, anxiety, hope, a desperation to return to some kind of normal. I feel a driving determination to get this right for the students, excitement to see them again, but also an underlying current of fear that is difficult to put my finger on. It isn’t just a fear about getting sick, but a fear of the heavy lift we are about to undertake, a worry about serving our community in the best way we can, anxiety for our students and everything they’ve been going through during the closure. I don’t know what to expect, but I’m here.   Friday August 28th.  8th day of inservice, 5 ...