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How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting your life right now? Tell us about your experiences, feelings, and thoughts.
My garden has been exploding this spring. These are just a few of our roses in the garden right now. When the pandemic started, I would "visit" our garden every morning and take photos of the new buds and really try to enjoy them ... literally, stopping to smell the roses. Anyway, I am happy to report that a year later, I am still "visiting" my garden every morning, something that I didn't really make time to do before the pandemic.
June 1, 2021
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Some people are feeling intense feelings right now as a result of the pandemic. Is anything making you especially sad, angry, or hopeful right now? If so, what's on your mind?
This is such a tumultuous time in the world. We have a pandemic and have been essentially quarantined for three months. Now there are worldwide protests against police brutality and racism that is creating even greater divides between people. I keep thinking that I need to get off social media, as consuming all the comments from the Facebook groups and seeing people's posts is a roller coaster of emotions. Some positives from the protests this week: Racism is declared a public health crisis in Boston Worldwide protests supporting George Floyd and Black Lives Matter Confederate flags have been banned from NASCAR, A statue of General Lee has been taken down in the south, others to follow
June 25, 2020