This executive order from mid-June of 2020 allows for restaurants and "close contact personal services" to reopen their "brick-and-mortar premises" and resume indoor table service.

On July 2, 2020, Governor Charles Baker revised COVID-19 Order No. 38 to exclude businesses designated as "a Phase I, Phase II, or Phase III enterprise" that is allowed to open its environs to workers and the public from gathering restrictions, provided that said businesses are following the state's COVID-19 safety rules.

My local crossfit gym, where I usually go to work out when I am in Binghamton, has moved to online classes to provide the group experience of traditional classes to everyone staying home.

There was a lot of talk online about 3D printing facemasks to donate to hospitals. This is my first attempt at 3D printing my own.

Schedule for local churches (Saint Patrick’s and Saint Thomas Aquinas) for the week of Easter Sunday, Binghamton, NY. Mass no longer meets in person, instead it is suggesting that we watch a live stream and receive a “spiritual communion.” This is the first year my family won’t be going to Easter Sunday Mass.

Cartoon in the local newspaper a day before Easter

My mother making face masks at home. She made several for my family, and is now making some to donate to the community. While not as good as the medical grade, homemade masks still provide some protection and help prevent the spread.

Being stuck at home has led to a lot of baking, cooking, and binge eating. I hadn’t baked anything since Christmas 2019.

With no longer being able to attend my gym I have started working out from home. During this pandemic I have found out that Jillian Michaels is no joke.

More documentation about preparing to live off our own land in the summer of 2020.My father plowed this plot of land for our garden. My parents and I have been preparing 30 different plants. Many people on our street have done the same.

Due to grocery stores being a high-risk environment for COVID-19 my family has become serious about living off our own land. This is the beginning stages of planting strawberry bushes.

Pandemic, "truth" keeps changing

On July 10, 2020, the Massachusetts public health commissioner rescinded the order requiring COVID-19 mitigation and exposure reduction strategies in grocery stores.

Portland, Oregon riots

Journal Entry

This picture to me shows how we are working together to make small changes to our habits to continue with everyday life in spite of challenges.

As a teacher I have witnessed quite a large debate playing out at school board meetings, over social media, and across the dinner table about whether or not schools should reopen for the fall semester. Perhaps one of the most compelling arguments I have seen is this recent tweet from President Trump. This description is very much full of sarcasm. Please, for the love of all humanity, consider the common good. Teachers want to go back to school but we want to do it safely. For right now, we need to be ok with teaching online. It's not ideal but we can make it work.

Family members of Emma Ouellet gather outside her window to celebrate her 103rd birthday. The post description read “We just came back from wishing my 103 year old belle mere a bonne fête pandemic style in Montreal. It was heart-breaking to not be able to kiss her in person but we blew a huge bouquet of them her way.”

A letter from the dean of the Rochester Institute of Technology College of Art & Design to students following the university’s decision to close the campus in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A homemade cloth mask made by sewer Lisa Berkes sits on a craft table.

A sign posted by a Vietnamese restaurant in Massachusetts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

As many grocery stores are running out of cleaning supplies, all our local stores are out of Swiffer cleaning fluid. As a result, my mom Googled homemade solutions- one of which requires white vinegar.

As the pandemic has progressed, Yahoo! News has added a special “News” bar where all information is archived once it is released to the public. Personally, I check Yahoo! News daily for updates about the country and world, so I have become quickly accustomed to this alteration to the main page. “News” Bar Text: “U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson out of intensive care as his condition improves”

Although their physical store locations have closed indefinitely, Coach sent out an email to inform people that their online stores are still accepting orders. Even though clients may not be able to shop in the physical space, it allows the company to continue making money while serving customer needs.

This sign was posted on the Drive-Thru window at Tim Horton’s to inform customers that the store is now operating solely through the Drive-Thru. Hopefully, loyal customers will continue to return even if it alters their routine. “Dear Loyal Guests,Out of an abundance of caution given the current public health environment, our Dining Room is temporarily closed. We are serving all of your Tim Horton’s favorites in our Drive Thru.Thank You, Management

Posted on Wal Mart’s Customer Service desk, these two signs notify shoppers of designated shopping hours for the elderly and shoppers most at risk. Having one sign in English and another in Spanish, allows a wider group of shoppers to understand the changes taking place in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

While watching the news, something we find ourselves doing more than ever, this list of businesses that are currently hiring was shown. These essential businesses are hiring thousands of workers to keep up with the demand caused by the coronavirus, while there are so many others that have been ravaged by this pandemic.

At college, I was taking a cycling class, going to yoga club twice a week, and walking at least four miles a day on a big campus. Now I’m home in a Brooklyn apartment and staying healthy is not an easy feat, not to mention the pandemic we’re currently living through means we can’t go outside unless we absolutely have to. In an effort to stay physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy in the hectic, uncertain time, I’ve developed a routine for myself to have something constant. There’s so much we can’t control right, we have to just get through it, but we can’t let ourselves deteriorate because then we’re in no condition to fight the virus and to rebuild society.

The first week of quarantine was a time for relaxation and enjoying being home, but that quickly turned into restlessness and boredom. There’s only so many Netflix shows and movies to binge-watch. Now is the perfect time to develop new hobbies and get back into old ones. Now I find myself crafting for the first time since high school since, as a college student, I all of my time goes to classes, papers, and friends. We have to do the best with what we have, who knows the next time you’ll have some quality time to yourself when this is all over?

Just a month ago, I was living on campus waiting for spring break to come to a close and for classes to start back up. Now I’m back home and all my classes are online. There’s no classroom, library, or campus to walk around in, just my desk to do work from and my bedroom to separate myself from my family who also find themselves home with a whole new routine.

I live in Brooklyn, NY, one of the “hot zones” for the coronavirus right now, and necessities like toilet paper and baby wipes are extremely hard to find. My grandfather had to send us a package, from Florida, with toilet paper, gloves, and baby wipes for my three year old sister, who needs them out of necessity.

Photograph of healthcare workers in protective bodysuits.This photograph is extremely powerful. Healthcare workers are risking their lives every day to save people, working hours on end and we should be thankful for their work every single day. Original caption: Workers in protective suits wait for patients to arrive by car as New York Governor Cuomo opens the State's First Drive Through COVID-19 Mobile Testing Center on New Rochelle Glen Island Park March 13, 2020.

Because human activity has decreased outside around the world because of the novel Coronavirus, pollution levels are decreasing. The Universal Studios logo has the word Universal in bold gray letters going around the earth. The creator plays with this concept, saying that the Universal Studios logo is now visible in our sky because of extreme decreases in pollution.This is a humorous but at the same time a dark concept hinting at the fact that humans are the problem and affecting the earth. Original text: Due to less air pollution the sky is so clear ! I can see the Universal logo !

During these times of quarantine and working from home, it feels like every day is the weekend. It can be hard for some to keep track of time, unaware of what day it is. Instead of stating a specific day such as Monday or Friday etc, the creator plays with this concept and says that yesterday, today, and tomorrow is currently the way to keep track of time.Original text: Due to Corona, we officially have three days of the week 1. Yesterday 2. Today 3. Tomorrow

Denial, Delusional, Devastated, and Diligent. These are the four D’s that the artist has experienced due to the Coronavirus. She published this comic taking her audience into consideration, knowing that they have also most likely experienced all four stages at one point during this time of quarantine. “Learning tools to manage life and myself while we gradually adjust everything as per the quarantine schedule.”

Birds and other sounds of nature are now audible because of the extreme decreases in human activity in New York City due to COVID-19. This media goes to show how much of an effect humans have on nature.Original caption by the creator: This is what NYC sounds like now - #stayhome means that there are no honking cars, planes, etc.

As Massachusetts began its slow, phased reopening following the end of its lockdown, Governor Charles Baker issued this order extending the prohibition of gatherings of 10 or more people "in any confined indoor or outdoor space." This mandate reflects the abundance of caution taken by the state, as opposed to states that hurried their reopening in an effort to re-start their economy.

This screenshot taken on August 5, 2020, captures the virus's spread in the state of Kansas as of that date, with Johnson and Wyandotte Counties ("JO" and "WY"/Kansas City, KS, metro-area), along with Sedgwick County ("SG"/Wichita), leading the state in total number of cases. The two graphs depict the virus's course throughout the spring and summer of 2020, revealing its early rise, decline, and accelerated summer surge. Together, these screenshots offer a snapshot of the effects of a patchwork response and quick reopening, and how quickly virus cases spread as a result.

Daily check in of the COVID-19 Dashboard by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at JHU

On June 4, 2020 the Curators Committee of the American Alliance of Museums presented a session focused on Collecting COVID. The session called attention to the importance of documenting significant history while living in a pandemic and discussed the Who, What, Where, When, Why and How of collecting objects, ephemera and materiel in the time of crisis. The presenters (Stacey Swigart, Drexel Lenfest Center for Cultural Partnerships; Thomas Lonnberg and Tory Schendel Cox, Evansville Museum of Arts; Juilee Decker, Rochester Institute of Technology; and Redmond Barnett, Historian/Consultant) reviewed best practices, safety measures, look at museums who are collecting and how communities can/are involved and what communities can do to document your local/regional history. This item is a PDF of their entire presentation.

Coloring has been therapeutic during COVID-19. Rochester, NY-based artist Shawn Dunwoody made some of his "Legion of Legends" coloring pages available online to encourage everyone during this time.

Coloring has been therapeutic during COVID-19. Charlotte, NC-based artist Stephen Wilson distributed a coloring book over email and social media to encourage everyone during this time.

My courses tend to be organized around weeks, modules, and learning outcomes that inform our readings, assignments, and free-form activities. I really enjoy teaching and the art of pedagogy. COVID-19 forced me to change course mid-stream. I know that I was not alone, as everyone had to do this, whether an instructor or student or ancillary staff. I kept trying time and again to simply re-write my syllabus timeline. What finally worked, after six days of fretting, was gridding everything out visually and then color coding the content around videos, assignments due, discussion post topics, and live chat discussions. This large post it (25" x 30") served as my planning guide. Here it is, after I had mapped out about half of the weeks in visual and textual form. I have called this piece "planogram" as that is the term for the visual layout used in retail so that staff can set up displays that mirror those at other locations. It's a visual plan of a layout. Well, I am happy to say, now that I am on the other side of this process, that the Post It Note version of the planogram served me well. And, I hope that my students were able to carve out a meaningful learning experience, even though it was not as any of us had intended in January—which now seems so long ago.

During the first few weeks of COVID-19, I found myself not wanting to grocery shop and to focus on making do with what we had. However, as I have a number of food allergies, I have to be careful about what I eat. So I attempted to make bread—not in the TikTok viral-trendsetting-sense, but rather as a means to an end. My efforts were shortlived. I tried three recipes. Each was a disaster. Here is the beginnings of a sourdough starter that is vegan and gluten free. I fed it and cared for it gingerly for a week - nursing it along with fresh g-f flour every day, as a ritual to puncuate my day in the way that commuting to work used to do. On the 8th day, mold grew in the bowl and I tossed out the starter.

During the first few weeks of COVID-19, I found myself not wanting to grocery shop and to focus on making do with what we had. However, as I have a number of food allergies, I have to be careful about what I eat. So I attempted to make bread—not in the TikTok viral-trendsetting-sense, but rather as a means to an end. My efforts were shortlived. I tried three recipes. Each was a disaster. Here is buckwheat bread that is vegan and gluten free. It tasted like dirt.

The pictures are two from late February that show the level of smog and haze in the sky and another from 1.5 months later where the sky is blue. I have NEVER seen a blue sky in Hyderabad - it’s always a constant haze and it shows the stark contrast and effect we have on the environment. The picture from the Hyderabad golf club was taken about 10AM in the morning without a cloud in the sky.

Violators of the curfew in Hyderabad, India, are struck with lathi sticks when stopped by police at a traffic checkpoint. The people who recorded the video are laughing because lockdown violators were warned not to venture outside after curfew.

Daily "Google doodle" logo change in which each of the letters which spell Google are wearing masks. The scroll over text reads "Wear a Mask. Save Lives: Help Stop Coronavirus"

This is a first of its kind: a rom com shot entirely in quarantine. The two episode series was shot in the actors' homes. It follows a few couples during quarantine because of COVID-19.

Access Online refers to the suite of virtual programs created specially by Access in response to the 2020 Coronavirus (Covid-19) Pandemic. These virtual programs are different to Access’ regular physical programming, however, they retain a link to our regular learning streams and are intended to provide participants with low intensity skill development, social connection and purposeful engagement. The programs have also been carefully put together to ensure they remain committed to Access’ values and mission and suit these different times.