It’s been almost a year since I’ve posted anything on my blog. I suspect my reasons for not posting are pandemic blues. At first — in fact for months and months — I thought I was handling isolation well. I told people I’d learned that I don’t like crowds, which I don’t if people are pushing and shoving like at an airport gate or at a concert. But I do miss being with friends and students at school and I miss my friends who used to come here for supper and who we met up with a few times in their garage.\u00a0 Not being able to hug family was killer. And teaching completely online proved to be not fun for me. I missed seeing my students’ smiles and nods of understanding or uncensored comments that argued against or for one idea or another.<\/p>\n
I’m looking forward to coming back out into the world in many ways. Being in a classroom. Traveling. Eating with and hugging my family. What have you missed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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