These papers were donated together in the Project Art Heals Utah dropbox. Two slips of paper speak volumes about our shared and individual pandemic journeys. Every COVID number represents a human life, with a real hopes, aspirations, dreams, and defeats.
This memento is my former partner’s bandana. He passed away at the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. He committed suicide. He was 29. We were quarantining in the same town and I was afraid to visit him because I didn’t want to expose him/be exposed to covid. I’m submitting this memento to highlight the… Continue reading Matt’s Bandana
Mom was diagnosed Jan 14, 2022 in the ED with MI, stroke, plural effusion and COVID+. Died Jan 20. I’m immunocompromised and had to watch the funeral at home, alone.
February 29, 2020. Huntsman Cancer Hospital. 48 hours and counting down. Four months have passed since the recurrence put her in the hospital. Unaccountable fatigue and a persistent urinary tract infection were the first symptoms. Her lab results returned with creatinine flagged with the letter H, worse was to follow. And like that, a recovery… Continue reading Reflecting
A moment of beauty and calm during a tumultuous spring.
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
We both tested positive for COVID-19 on a Monday (fully vaccinated). By Wednesday I started feeling better, but Wally entered the hospital. He slept on three beds; 1) ER, 2) Telemetry, and 3) ICU. On Friday he was gone. A Letter From Heaven When tomorrow starts without me, And I’m not here to see, If… Continue reading Wally & Jackie
This is a short video tribute of my father, Keith Poehlmann, a U of U alum and his family had a chicken hatchery on State St. in Salt Lake City for a number of years. The video can be viewed on Instagram (an account maybe required) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZj7kPIA_Qy/ Memento related to A plastic chicken to honor… Continue reading A video tribute to my father, Keith Poehlmann
