Vermont Gov. Phil Scott announced yesterday afternoon that the state’s public schools will not be reopening for the remainder of the school year. All instruction is to be done online between now and the middle of June. With one week of temporary unemployment under my belt and several more ahead of me, I decided it …
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Nothing More Than Feelings
“This is one of the peculiar problems of our culture: we are terrified of our feelings. We think that if we give them any scope and if we don’t immediately beat them down, they will lead us down into all kinds of chaotic and destructive actions.“But if, for a change, we would allow our feelings …
A TOUCH OF SILVER: Springing To Life
I’ve secretly dreaded the arrival of April for a while now. Last year, that month ushered in unseasonably cold, wintery weather; a tough transition professionally; and the beginning of a nearly-five-month-long bout of depression. Any worries I had about personal history repeating have been replaced by a general sense of apocalyptic, existential dread, which, if …
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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Long Box of Memories: To Be Continued …
THE STRANGEST DAYS #1Written by Ethan Dezotelle // © 2020 Ethan Dezotelle Page 24Note to Artist: This page is a 3X3 panel grid, black and white, shifting our perspective and speed from the colorful and bombastic two, three, and four-panel grids and splash pages seen thus far in the issue. Panel 1: Establishing shot of …