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Collected Item: “The smells, sounds, and flavors of my house.”

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The smells, sounds, and flavors of my house.

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It is my memory of how my house has smelt, looked, and the feeling that it has had throughout the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

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On march 19 california issued the stay at home order. That was 222 days ago exactly and over that time me and my family have spent the majority of it in our homes. We have spent this time doing many things, I have spent quite a good amount on my guitar, which I have just recently been able to pluck out the right notes that don't sound too bad, my brother and I have filled our house with the constant aroma of tea through making it so much, and my dad has made some of the best food I've ever tasted in those last 200+ days, just recently he made a cauliflower soup that took 6 hours of work, However everyone including him agreed it was well worth the effort! Both my mom and dad have been fortunate enough to spent the quarantine working and during the days you can be sure to hear either of them on an important call.

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California High School, American Studies, San Francisco Bay Area, sensory history, San Ramon Valley Unified School District,

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Max King

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2020-10-27
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