Our family’s physical mementos: Pencil- As a teacher, I missed seeing my students’ handwriting when school went virtual. Geode rock- to represent the extra family time we got during the pandemic, often exploring together Heart wrapper- to represent all the arts and crafts projects made by the neighborhood kids during lockdown Avalanche Center sticker- getting… Continue reading Our family
In the early months of COVID, the only activity I could do where I wouldn’t run into a crowd was to ride my bike. During a time I felt isolated, I was able to enjoy a beautiful quiet world of trees, blossoms, rivers and birds. It kept me sane when things were crazy.
No one in my family had any sort of haircut in the first year of the pandemic. We finally found a family friend we could hire to come to our house and do haircuts outside even in chilly and breezy weather. Thank goodness for her! She was a trooper. Here are a mini comb and… Continue reading Hair care
The kids love seeing the dinosaur fossils at the U’s Natural History Museum. Once COVID hit, we stopped going. It seems like a trivial loss, but it was our go-to family activity. How strange to feel scared of going to a museum. Fortunately, we made some trips to the desert and got to see real… Continue reading Dinosaur
Our family is contributing a tiny FISH and a tiny SEA TURTLE as our mementos. We love the Utah desert, but we NEED the ocean. We usually visit the ocean once or twice a year. Once COVID hit, we did not feel comfortable traveling, so no ocean trips. It felt sad and strange.
Like so many others, the pandemic renewed my old hobbies while introducing me to new hobbies. For a while, it seemed like being outside was the only safe thing to do, so during that first pandemic summer my partner and I bought a new-to-us canoe from a guy in Ogden. Weekend after weekend, we took… Continue reading Canoe Life
