My eyelids flutter open and closed until I finally decide to open them completely to begin my day. I do my, as of late, ritualistic swallow to make sure my throat feels clear. I let out a forced cough to examine how it sounds. I feel my forehead too. All clear. I look outside my […]
It was the Monday that we all got back to school from spring break. The vibes on campus for me personally were weird because I had absolutely no motivation to do work. I went to my three usual classes that I had on Monday’s which were French, Women’s Studies and my Communication class. The whole […]
It was March 22, 2020 and I had a plane trip I thought about cancelling. I was planning on seeing my older brother and sister in Florida, but the coronavirus pandemic terrified me. I was not scared of the virus itself but rather that a restriction could pass that would trap me in Florida by […]
It’s about 4:00 a.m. I’m standing on the beach with some good friends- guys and girls that I was close with from Ann Arbor, as well as new friends I made during spring break. My feet are dug under the sand to dry them off and for warmth. I’m wearing wet shorts that I mistakenly […]
I wake early to beat the day. I am first to step onto the ground floor of our old Victorian home. I stretch and bend as a cat while feeling like a cow throughout my daily yoga routine, ruminating on a body that I thought would always be at my beck and call, but one […]
Life as we knew it is over and a brave new world begins. I listen over and over again to people say, it’s the not knowing that’s so hard. I keep questioning how to start, where to start, and it could be anywhere I guess. I push my ennui around the church where we’ve been staying in […]
I have a mundane job. I started it six months ago, and after about three I realized that I had a mundane job. Don’t get me wrong – my coworkers are great, and the work our office does makes a huge impact. But my day-to-day? Monotonous, boring, and uninteresting. I spend my hours sifting through […]
Joe Iovino || Long Island, New York || March 19, 2020
I woke up to you getting out of bed to go to the bathroom. I try to fall back asleep, but we both know once I am up, that’s it. I thought maybe the sun was out, but when I peeked out my blinds, it was just the brightness of the clouded sky. I check […]
Katherine Trame || Ann Arbor, Michigan || March 29th, 2020