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Tag: COVID-19
The Difference Between Then and Now is This
My heart goes out to families where some of the members are vaccinated and others aren’t. The vaccinated folks wonder why the unvaccinated relatives don’t care enough to protect themselves against a deadly disease. More fundamentally, and here we are talking about deeply hurt… Continue Reading “The Difference Between Then and Now is This”
Vehement
In Wisconsin, we have a state legislator who is urging health care workers not to get vaccinated. Tomorrow, I’ll go with my pregnant daughter to what is probably the best hospital clinic in the state and I’ll have no idea if the people we… Continue Reading “Vehement”
Who Gets a Seat in the Life Boat?
Right now, the COVID-19 vaccine is a rationed thing. This means that nine people are in a boat built for four, so five people need to make other plans, strip a life jacket out of another survivor’s hands, or prepare to be lunch for… Continue Reading “Who Gets a Seat in the Life Boat?”
Hard Time Here
He was someone who always seemed to have great joie de vivre. But I didn’t know him well. I just knew him for a long time. He was a fixture in the community, a lawyer turned youth worker and coach. It always seemed like… Continue Reading “Hard Time Here”
More Armor
This is us, our new occupation, unpaid work but for life’s wages ______________________________ hunk·er/ˈhəNGkər/Learn to pronounceverb squat or crouch down low.”he hunkered down beside her” apply oneself seriously to a task.”students hunkered down to prepare for the examinations” ______________________________ Photo by Nik Shuliahin on Unsplash
Sad Old Swinger
I am exhausted by the constant calculus of avoiding Covid. Too much, too close, too many, too long. Every excursion requires planning and scolding. And special supplies, hand sanitizer, wipes. I remember being casual about traveling, using gas station bathrooms, washing my hands and… Continue Reading “Sad Old Swinger”
Boots
I washed the mud off my boots and then set them to dry on the porch railing. And then I wiped down the porch table and got the camp chairs out of the garage. I put two six packs of beer and a giant… Continue Reading “Boots”
One Bird
Parts of this are very hard. It’s not staying at home and not seeing people. I’m actually good at that. It’s not stretching groceries and being conservative in using what we have. We’ve been through some very thin times so we feel prepared for… Continue Reading “One Bird”
Saturday with Pandemic Polly
Hi Polly! Do you have some time to chat with us? Not sure. I’d have to put my darnin’ down. Darning? Mendin’ socks. It’s somethin’ they did on Little House on the Prairie. You have your darnin’ egg and your darnin’ needle and you… Continue Reading “Saturday with Pandemic Polly”
Today’s Interview with Pandemic Polly
First of all, thank you, Pandemic Polly, for taking time away from your jigsaw puzzle to talk with us. It’s not really my jigsaw puzzle. It was a gift. Well, that makes it yours, right? Anyway, I see it’s kind of slow going there.… Continue Reading “Today’s Interview with Pandemic Polly”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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