In this essay, Alice Marks reflects on her experiences as a seventy-seven year old woman in Duluth, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. This essay continues the commentary that Marks began in her essay titled "The Pandemic As Seen Through the Eyes of a Senior Citizen," which is also included in this collection. In Part 1 of the essay, titled...
Creator:
Marks, Alice
Created:
2020-09-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this essay, Alice Marks reflects on her experiences as a seventy-seven year old woman in Duluth, Minnesota during the COVID-19 pandemic. She describes how she and her husband spend their days, and how they keep in touch with friends, family, and other social groups. She shares her thoughts on the current pandemic, reflects on the many social ...
Creator:
Marks, Alice
Created:
2020-05
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this essay, Mark Nicklawske describes his early March 2020 trip from Duluth to New York City with his wife, Jen. He was on a writing assignment for the Duluth News Tribune to cover the opening night Broadway production of “Girl From The North Country” by Irish playwright Conor McPherson, a play set in Duluth, Minnesota and based on the songs ...
Creator:
Nicklawske, Mark
Created:
2020-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
Brandi Moxley’s creative writing project includes a forward, prelude, thirteen numbered segments, and an epilogue. In the forward to her project, Brandi says, “These are a series of portraits of life as it unfolded in the year 2020.” Each of the thirteen segments offer a short narrative story with different people experiencing a moment in their ...
Creator:
Moxley, Brandi
Created:
2020-12
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this short essay, Native elder Sharon Doolittle Shuck reflects on entering her eighth decade of life and all the changes that have happened in the world and her community during her lifetime. She discusses how things have changed even more dramatically and quickly in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with video chats, online banking and orde...
Creator:
Shuck, Sharon Doolittle
Created:
2020
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
In this short essay, Native elder Sharon Doolittle Shuck discusses driving, running errands, and gathering with family during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most of the essay describes a trip she took from Duluth to East Bethel, Minnesota to attend her niece's daughter's graduation party in July of 2020. Originally she had planned to take the bus and st...
Creator:
Shuck, Sharon Doolittle
Created:
2020-07
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
This essay by a University of Minnesota Duluth faculty member documents the day of September 23, 2020, six months into the COVID-19 pandemic. It is written in the style of a timeline, with activities described along with the time of day they occur. Included are details about working from home, assisting children with online schooling, exercise, ...
Creator:
Dauner, Kim
Created:
2020-09-23
Contributed By:
Archives and Special Collections, Kathryn A. Martin Library, University of Minnesota Duluth
