LIFE IN THE TIME OF...
It is the evening before we begin the experiment of moving public school out of the school buildings and online, thanks to COVID-19. The kids have had yesterday and today off. Their teachers have been sending out emails with a list of things that will come, or with the promise of such. It's been a lovely few days weather wise, temperatures reaching briefly into the low 60's and tomorrow they sink again with the promise of rain and then snow in a few days. It feels apropos. And daunting. One hopes for the feeling of a snow day, everyone hauling down their blankets and snuggling on the couch while we watch the Great British Bake Off or Harry Potter. But that feeling has been elusive. The girls in high school have already started on what assignments they can start on. It might have been better to wait, but some enterprising teachers wouldn't. So it goes. It's an experience everyone has to settle into, even or, maybe especially, the teachers, I ...