Today is my dad’s 75th birthday. Since the lockdown started, my dad has been emailing me long diatribes about the environment, begging me to edit and post them. Here you go, Dad.
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I know it’s probably too late to get most of these items delivered for Mother’s Day, but I still wanted to give everyone ideas on how you can treat yourself or treat someone else.
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My son is only three, and doesn’t know what a pandemic is, so I haven’t been that concerned about his emotional adjustment. But today, he cried over everything.
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04/30/20
Day 50 of Quarantine
We’ve been isolating since March 12th. Can you believe it’s been 50 days??? I don’t know about you, but I feel like March lasted 100 years and April flew by in a blink.
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04/27/20
20 More Essential Workers Share Their Stories of Struggle and Resilience
Let this post be a reminder that while the world seems really scary right now, there are still good people helping everywhere.
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Animated movies may have come a long way since we were kids, but live action movies were way better in the 80s and 90s.
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Nat Geo asked us to create something for their Earth Week Neighborhood Safari, and somehow we used a bunch of random garbage in our house to make a girafficorn!
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04/23/20
My Quarantine As Told on TikTok
Some people give themselves a break while in quarantine. Some people need to focus their creative energy or else they lose their mind.
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Liz Faria is currently isolated at home with a 6-year-old, a 3-year-old, and a 1-year-old. She says they are pretty useless, as far as lockdown partners go.
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04/21/20
Food Banks Serve People Like Me
Nikki Nardell talks about what it’s like to volunteer at a food bank and to be one of its customers, both before and during this incredible time of need.
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Sheltering at home can get pretty boring, so here are a few creative ways that families are keeping themselves entertained and shaking things up.
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As per usual, when it comes to holidays, Harlow is ALL IN. I was going to skip Easter this year, since it’s not really our holiday, but Harlow had other plans.
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If you loved the Peanuts Gang when you were a kid, I am excited to tell you about their free online curriculum in partnership with NASA. Mazzy and Harlow tried the “Back to the Orion” STEM challenge.
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Thank you to everyone who is risking their own safety right now to make sure that the rest of us keep receiving the essential services that will get us through this time.
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Our first night of Passover felt extra special this year. Watching my family come up with resourceful ways to uphold our traditions even when we couldn’t all celebrate in person was a beautiful thing.
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