The new episode of Vermont Public Radio’s weekly Brave Little State podcast features a variety of pieces about how different Vermonters are coping with COVID-19. I was fortunate enough to be included on this episode, reading an edited version of my Living In Holland piece (which can be found here). Brave Little State can be …
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On God and Godzilla: Ohio Pastor, Cryptid Enthusiast, Kaiju Fan Discusses Impact of COVID-19
It’s Sunday morning, a little after 10 a.m., and the church service is underway at St. Mark Lutheran Church in Chesterland, Ohio. In some ways, it’s the normal, weekly routine at the church. The fifth Sunday of Lent, the ceremony begins with a hymn delivered by two members at the front, one on keyboard, another …
Gathering in Isolation: VT Woman Brings Together People & Information
Before COVID-19 changed everyone’s lives, Tammy Wells spent her days at home, caring for her two young grandchildren while her son was at work. Tammy Wells A little over two weeks after the first case of novel coronavirus was reported in Vermont – even after a dramatic rise in cases locally, nationally, and globally, not …
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She left for work a little before 9 this morning. Working at the local supermarket. Running the cash register, answering customer questions, stocking shelves. Wholly unremarkable. Or it used to be, anyway. In the swift current of global change, clocking in at the grocery store isn’t what it used to be. But I’m getting ahead …
Better Angels
History repeated itself this week in an odd and subtle way. On Thursday, March 19, 2020, during a press briefing regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the novel coronavirus as the “Chinese Virus.” A photograph later revealed that he had crossed out the word “Corona” and replaced it in marker with …
