I had not been more than 10 miles from home since March as, like most of us, my family has adhered to the protocols and shelter-in-place restrictions aimed to reduce the spread of COVID-19. I was stunned as I drove up State Route 299 along the Trinity River by how alive everything felt. Despite living […]
Peter Stoll
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Distance Learning: It’s Hard. For Everyone.
If you are among the legion of parents that have taken on the role of teacher during distance learning, you have undoubtedly experienced the challenging merge of parent and educator. Seems natural, right? Heck, we are the parent, we understand our kids better than anyone — we got this. But if you are fortunate to […]
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Invisible Protections
How about we all just exhale deeply and collectively recognize that week six of shelter in place was rough. Maybe we can just agree to be OK with letting that one roll on past. Of course this may just be my view because in the educator circles I run in this seems to be the […]
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Invisible Protections
How about we all just exhale deep and collectively recognize that week six of shelter in place was rough. Maybe we can just agree to be OK with letting that one roll on past. Of course this may just be my view because in the educator circles I run in this seems to be the […]
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Grief When the Losses Mount
It has been a month and a half since my 9-year-old daughter has been in the physical presence of another child. To fully interact, to imagine, to run and play. She is not unique in this scenario that is being experienced by many children worldwide. She said kindly on a walk a few days ago, […]
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Trapped
It is a beautiful Monday in Humboldt County, one of those days where the blue accentuates the deep green ridge of the tree line and reminds one of the grandeur that surrounds us. And for school districts and their communities, this gorgeous day kicks off the beginning of spring break. I have the interesting vantage […]
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Bright Side of the Moon
We are moving into week four of shelter in place in Humboldt County and much has happened in a week, again. Many of our school districts are informing us they will indeed be out for the rest of the year. Perhaps the districts that haven’t yet committed are holding on to the same hope we […]
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Eyes of a Child
Well here we are, and it continues. The impact of COVID-19 on daily routines, home environments, family livelihoods, how we move through our communities, how we educate our children and how we communicate with family, friends and coworkers — everything shifting in the dynamic landscape of “shelter-in-place.” As a community, we come together to “flatten […]
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Into an Unknown Wilderness
This morning, like many of you reading this, I woke hoping it had passed. That we could proceed with our lives as we lived them prior to COVID-19. But alas, we are living this new reality of “social distancing” and “shelter-in-place.” Cable news networks are committed to ongoing analysis and release of information, and social […]