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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Today is a day of more big changes here at home. Last week Tuesday was my last day of regular work at school. I was given three days of work from home and a choice: continue to work this week at various places from day to day, out in the community, or accept temporary unemployment …
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 …
This afternoon my wife and I went for a walk up our street, onto a nearby dirt road, and off into a gently sloping field. We took our old Pekingese, Sally, with us. It was about 30 degrees colder than yesterday, but not so cold that the time outside was miserable. Just on the bare-handed …
As I write this, it’s a little before 7 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020. Today is the first full day of spring, and it’s felt like it, with temperatures in the low 60s, the occasional rain shower, and westerly wind that’s been downright fierce at times. Tomorrow will be in the low 30s. So, …
