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My experience

Title (Dublin Core)

My experience

Description (Dublin Core)

Since I am a homebody and like my solitude, the lockdown was not terrible for me, personally. I was thankfully able to work remotely, and used my sparetime, cooking, taking on line classes and learning about homeopathy which I use as my health path, but delved more deeply into it by taking on line classes. The meditation groups that I would attend in person, were able to convert classes to zoom, which was a truly wondrous thing. Other groups followed suit, and before I knew it, I was involved in groups all over the world by zoom - AMAZING! My cousins and I would meet every Sunday on Zoom to share experiences and catch up on "us". My mom who is now 95 was able to facetime with family several times a day (she was given an ipad by her grandson the year before) and it saved her from feeling isolated. Food deliveries were readily available, thanks to Pam Silvestri keeping us aware of the food community happenings. I realize many people had negative experiences, job losses, etc. or not able to cope, and I myself knew many people that passed during that time. I think this is a great idea to document the stories of the lockdowns and how it affected people in different ways. There is so much more to say, but I will keep it summarized and leave it here.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 21, 2023

Creator (Dublin Core)

self

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Florinda Mattia

Type (Dublin Core)

Text

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Health & Wellness
English Home & Family Life
English Food & Drink
English Technology

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

health
homeopathy
online class
meditation
Zoom
cousins
isolated
food
deliveries

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

03/21/2023

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/04/2023

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This item was submitted on March 21, 2023 by Florinda Mattia using the form “Share Your Lockdown Staten Island Story” on the site “Lockdown Staten Island”: http://mail.covid-19archive.org/s/lockdown-staten-island

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