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Day Zero – Initial Shock and Isolation

Formative Years
6 May 2020

Formative Years

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“The ship will sink, ‘tis a mathematical certainty.”
– Chief Engineer aboard the Titanic

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Buckle Up!
25 Apr 2020

Buckle Up!

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“Many years later we found ourselves in Canada
Trying to save our marriage and perhaps catch a few fish,
Whatever seemed easier…….,”
– Lake Marie – John Prine

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In Community
18 Apr 2020

In Community

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“We don’t heal in isolation, but in community.” – S. Kelley Harrell

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Defying Gravity
6 Apr 2020

Defying Gravity

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“I am so tired I can’t stand up; it feels like somebody tripled gravity” – COVID Patient

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Fiddling While Rome Burns
4 Apr 2020

Fiddling While Rome Burns

by Russ Paton | Posted in: Family History, An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

Buy me a flute, and a gun that shoots
Tail gates and substitutes
Strap yourself to a tree with roots
You ain’t going nowhere
– Bob Dylan

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Stay Safe, Find Joy
28 Mar 2020

Stay Safe, Find Joy

by Russ Paton | Posted in: An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – George Santayana

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Terrifying and Beautiful
21 Mar 2020

Terrifying and Beautiful

by Russ Paton | Posted in: An Altered Reality - Life in a Pandemic, Day Zero - Initial Shock and Isolation | 0

Know that we are connected
in ways that are terrifying and beautiful.

-Lynn Ungar, Pandemic

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