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Essay—encounter with a bald eagle and reflections on the current political situation during the pandemic.
“Societal Confession”—poem

This issue of my pandemic journal is a continuation of my exploration of 19th-century American expansion westward. In March 2022 I covered my great-grandmother Christina Miller’s adventure in frontier Nebraska. This month I turn to my great-uncle…

Deciding to write a pandemic journal with monthly issues featuring essays, short stories, and poems. Describing the background and motivation which led me to embark on this project.

Kasch—essay about civilizations of the Niger River.
“Search for Kasch”—poem

“Onomatopoeia Psalm”—poem
“Calendar Conundrum”—poem
“Buddhist Blasphemy”—essay
“Confucius Confusion”—essay on a changing perception of Confucius in two versions of a poem by my father Alonzo Gibbs.
“Merging”—poem
“Art Will Save Us”—essay on the…

“Introduction”—orienting myself to the era of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Bus Rides”—essay on taking buses in South County and the riders I have observed.

I am interested in creating imaginative diversions and comments on society as it is evolving during this strange period of the Ukraine war as well as a culture war at home. This is indirectly referred to in this March issue.

Glass Figurine (poem)
Studies and Desks
The Secret Compartment
The Loss (poem)
Sad Afterthoughts