This weekend, my family and I spent some time playing in the sand at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. While at the beach, I went for a walk and had some thoughts on why even though the world is clearly falling apart, I should continue to represent myself by sharing my perspective and the seemingly […]
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Week 8 of My Shelter in Place Travels
I’m writing this while in bed with a belly full of yummy food that was served to me by my loving family because it’s Mother’s Day and I’m a mother! I’ll be spending the entire day at home being lazy, but in my imagination, I will be delivering virtual flowers to all the mothers in […]
Week 7 of My Shelter in Place Travels
San Francisco first asked residents to shelter in place starting on March 17. My daughters and I had already unofficially been doing so for five days prior to that request. When my husband joined us on March 17, I found it comforting to have our whole family together and as safe as possible at home. […]
Week 6 of My Shelter in Place Travels
We have been sheltering in place in San Francisco for 6-ish weeks now. During this time of staying at home to help slow the spread of coronavirus, I’ve been doing what I call shelter in place travels. Basically, I use my imagination and photo editing apps to travel to different locations without actually leaving my […]
Week 5 of My Shelter in Place Travels
Greetings from San Francisco where we have been sheltering in place for over a month now. Schools here are closed for the rest of the school year and my daughters have started their distance learning routines. My husband hasn’t returned to work. I continue to work from home and when I have a bit of […]
Week 4 of My Shelter in Place Travels
My family and I are going on week 4 of sheltering in place and I am beginning to lose all concept of time. I use humor as a coping mechanism, which is why when we were first asked to shelter in place by the mayor of San Francisco, I thought I would start what I […]
Week 3 of My Shelter in Place Travels
Let me start out by saying that wherever you are, I hope that you are safe and healthy. I can report that my family and I are safe and healthy in San Francisco as we continue to shelter in place. It’s been three long weeks since we’ve been staying home as advised by the city […]
Week 2 of My Shelter In Place Travels
Greetings from San Francisco! How are you holding up? A year ago could you have imagined that we’d end up here? In the midst of a pandemic? That traveling could not only be dangerous to your health but also dangerous to the health of everyone else? Things being as they are, the only traveling that […]
Week 1 of My Shelter in Place Travels
On March 17, San Francisco residents were asked to shelter in place to help slow the spread of coronavirus. My daughters were already home from school because SFUSD schools shut down for at least three weeks starting on March 16. I work from home and my husband is not working at the moment because of […]