Pandemic Journals
“We do all of this to help one person at a time”
A Mono farm sustains itself and its network of charitable good deeds.
“Each of you are real-time rockers”
An Orangeville artist pays tribute to frontline workers – in verse.
“It allowed all of us to escape the world for a bit”
How an Orangeville soccer coach stayed connected when practice was cancelled.
“I miss going to work and seeing three-dimensional people”
Two weeks into her new job as theatre manager, the curtain dropped and the house went dark.
“I was sleeping 17 hours a day”
This Orangeville nurse contracted Covid-19 – along with her whole family.
“The collective grief shared by our community is something that will long endure”
Shelburne’s mayor reflects on both the tragedy that gripped his town and the compassion it inspired.
“The enthusiasm of my students remains”
A piano teacher keeps her music school running on her iPad.
“Slowly, day by day, it got easier and not as weird”
A yoga teacher discovers the Zen in Zoom.
“There was no time to wallow”
How the duo behind Orangeville’s Lavender Blue Catering are keeping Dufferin fed.
“I always think of my family – my wife, Faviola, and my daughter, Jimena”
On a Mulmur farm, an essential seasonal worker misses his Mexican homeland.
“Very quickly, animals were placed in foster homes”
Keeping both animals and staff safe was a priority at the Upper Credit Humane Society shelter.
