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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
Oh! It's Tuesday again! How time flies when you are locked down and can't go anywhere. ... I submitted this photograph for the Newton Community Pride photography competition. ... This is what I wrote for my contest submission: "From the beginning of the Covid lock-down, I sewed more than 350 masks—asking only that recipients donate to the Newton Food Pantries. After completing each batch, I would tape labeled packages to our front door. When friends, neighbors, and others, came to pick up their masks, I would open the door a few inches, just enough to hear one another. I cherish those visits, as mask-making seemed like my only personal contact to the outside world. This photo was taken in early spring, less than one month into lock-down." When I look at it now, it seems like the distant past. Not that we aren't still locked down, but an endless cold and rainy spring ended with extremely hot summer weather, changing my mood from down and dreary to one of hope--until, of course, I remember what's really going on. ... Fortunately, the days are longer now. That's the good news. Difficult news is that almost everyone has been remarking how tough they think it will be once our days begin to darken. Technically, post-solstice, our days ARE darkening earlier. I refuse to acknowledge shorter days until after Labor Day!
July 6, 2020
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Talk about what is most upsetting or scaring you right now about the coronavirus pandemic.
Whats upsetting me about the virus is even if people all are vaccinated its still going to circulate around the globe. It mutates and new variants keep developing. Will the vaccines even protect us.. we are retired we have our health and the financial means to travel and have some fun I never thought this is how we’d spend our twilight years. We see almost no one, we go no where and we aren’t doing much … sure we try to keep busy around our house but its boring as heck. I miss seeing people and having people over.. entertaining them.I miss getting together with all 17 of my family or travelling to see all my husbands family. My mother-in-law is 91 when will we be able to go see her? In my province over 51% have had their first shot but only a handful of people in this province have had both shots.so until we are fully vacinnated not much will change.
May 19, 2021