Covid-19

Tell us what you remember about the times when we all breathed different air — and a different era — Roaring Rivers Torrents, currents, and ripples by Christyl Rivers, PhD. Take a breath and step back in time How many of you remember January 2020? If it feels like a million years ago, that’s because it really was — in terms of a different world that both ended and began that year. I always think of breath, and take a…

A sign that normality is returning — flaming June 2020 — Continuation of my Coronavirus Diaries: 31/5/2020 in the UK Sunday: It seems that there has been an extra effort to add to the world’s madness just lately. 1. America feels the Heat In the US there are now fires, looting, and violent demonstrations catching on and giving the virus a run for its money as this particular (and familiar) contagion spreads from State to…

Reporting from Italy in February and March 2020, I was one of the first people on Medium to write about Covid. Three years on, here’s how I feel about it all. — Three years ago, I watched from my balcony in central Florence as the unthinkable happened and the lively, vibrant, 24/7 city was silenced as Italy became the first European country, and the second in the world after China, to lock down. I had lived part-time in Florence since 2017, new…

What I miss about when the world shut down — When the pandemic started, my kids did school on the kitchen table. I worked upstairs in my office, winding down a job I loved. There was an important grant that needed to be finished before I signed off completely. My kids, then 6 and 9, had finished their schoolwork and…

The relationship between Western Nations and Covid-19 has definitely matured and I would be the first to admit, it was definitely a toxic relationship. Inconsistent government policies, rocky vaccination campaigns, failing medical infrastructure and high inflation are just some of the negative outcomes experienced in our post Covid world. One…