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Collected Item: “Erika Groudle Oral History, 2022/05/04”

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Erika Groudle Oral History, 2022/05/04

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oral history

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Erika Groudle is a resident of Monroe, Washington. She lives in a tiny house with her partner on her mother’s property. In this oral history interview Erika discusses working with kids during the pandemic and her opinion on how they handle mask wearing. Additionally, Erika discusses her “pandemic garden,” caring for her grandfather, staying connected to friends and family during the pandemic, how she first realized the pandemic was close to home, and the realities of living in a state that not only had the first case and death of COVID-19 in the United States of America, but also highly publicized protests in Seattle.
Interviewer: Jason Inskeep
Interviewee: Erika Groudle

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#Washington, #tinyhouse, #HST580, #ASU, #pandemic garden, #Seattle, #grandparents, #masked kids, #worrier, #fear

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2022-05-04
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