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A primary insight to what COVID-19 has taught me through the last 3 months.

within a day it comes to pass that I can no longer do the things I do. can't work because classes are cancelled. can't see p because level 3 protocols. can't and can't and can't. me and millions of others. alone not alone.
first of a series of…

Life Lesson

Photo of hand-drawn sign stapled onto a utility pole. The sign has "thank you for wearing your mask" written on it as well as illustrations of three face masks. The sign was posted near Blackstone Park on Providence's East Side.

Mews Restaurant in Wakefield RI. Many restaurants and other businesses created curbside delivery systems to allow patrons to order and pick up items without entering buildings or getting close to people. This image shows a sign with customer…

This is the slide journal of Polly Dickinson, 7th grader at Moses Brown School in Providence, RI. The journal was an optional project for students to complete during distance learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic and school closures.

A view of quarantine

The Bike Stop Cafe in Narragansett has a no-contact curbside system in which customers call to order and pay by credit card over the phone. Each customer is then given a number and when they arrive, they pick up their food from the designated spot.

Restaurants have gotten creative with ways to maintain social distancing while serving take-out food. Nam Khong in Westerly has a full plastic barrier -- with flaps for credit card / cash and food -- between the customer and restaurant staff.

Poster in Lippitt Park, on an electrical box, in support of prisoner release