Tag Archives: COVID-19 pandemic
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Back In The Classroom
6June 9, 2022 by Jean
One of the joys of this spring was finding myself back in the classroom – the real classroom rather than …
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Finding My New Normal
14January 21, 2022 by Jean
Like many people, I entered 2021 with an almost-giddy anticipation that vaccinations would soon bring the pandemic to an end. …
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Let Music Live
6December 20, 2021 by Jean
Things were looking up in Maine early last summer, with Covid cases and hospitalizations down, test positivity rates only around …
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Winter Friends
2November 17, 2021 by Jean
One night in September, I got up in the wee dark hours of the morning and looked out my big …
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Party Time
4July 20, 2021 by Jean
When normal life was suddenly suspended in March of 2020, my choral singing group was in the process of preparing …
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Relearning to Be Sociable
7March 24, 2021 by Jean
As Spring arrives, I feel that, like the plants in my garden, I’m emerging from a period of dormancy. Three …
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Covid Thanksgiving
7November 27, 2020 by Jean
This Covid Thanksgiving wasn’t as much of a departure for me as it was for many people. It has been …
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One Hell of a Year
15November 7, 2020 by Jean
One piece of retirement advice I don’t remember getting was to expect the unexpected. I think I imagined a more …
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Zooming into Fall
9October 1, 2020 by Jean
How can it be October already? As August turned to September, someone flipped a switch on Maine weather and we …
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Sharing Air
13July 30, 2020 by Jean
Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, when I was discussing when and how to get together with a friend, I …
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Stepping Into The Future 