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Amid violence and COVID, the memory of my grandfather stands as an inspiration

With over 450,000 cases and 6,000 deaths due to COVID-19 in Colorado, our community has spent the last year grieving the unexpected toll of the pandemic.  Last month’s massacre in Boulder further shook our foundation, damaging our trust and feeling of safety with one another, just as we begin to emerge from isolation.   Amid these […]

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At first I felt lost in the coronavirus, but have finally come to grips with uncertainty

Six months ago, I found myself reflecting on my first half-year of pandemic living. A spring and summer of near-total isolation, non-stop chaos, and unfathomable suffering had sapped any semblance of optimism that March 17, 2020 Matthew held onto, leaving in its wake a despondent September 17, 2020 Matthew.  I was scared another six months […]

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When coronavirus life got me down, I found hope by exploring comedy

At the beginning of this pandemic, everywhere I looked there was something to bring me down. These were bleak times. No toilet paper. Each news story scarier than the last. Everyone stuck in the same place day after day. People judging one another’s decisions, when everyone was just trying to make it to the next […]

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The coronavirus inspired me to write in praise of home schooling — but not the way you think

In Praise of Home School  I see my neighbor through the aspen tree.Usually in suit & heels at a desk downtown now she’s home in baggy sweats, intent on deconstructing a pile of delivery boxes creating a cardboard idol to order. On a walk, a grey brush rabbitsits half-in, half-out of a hedge. His nose pulsates; mine feels red & […]

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We are in this aloneness together: Reflections on one year of Coloradans responding to the call

This time last year, Colorado had its first COVID cases. And soon after, The Colorado Sun responded by starting this “Write On” column. Now at about 170 pieces and counting, it has offered a chance for Coloradans to share their bewilderment, epiphanies, stories, and heartache of the times.  Although we were uniformly shocked by the […]