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Suddenly, many of us are time-rich
How are you spending it?
Home Schooled
Above, Jay Austin (and Melanie Austin, not pictured) have been giving their children a crash course in trades. So far, Daelin, 8, and Sophia, 7, have helped build a porch, fix cars (pictured on the cover) and pour cement (above).
Tea Party apart
Maple Avenue resident Linda Wegner organized a social distancing tea party for the 5500 block last month. A dozen residents sat more than six feet apart and enjoyed a cup of tea in the bright sunshine.
Beach glass
Loren Halloran needed something to keep himself busy so he turned to beach combing. “I’ve taken up the art of beach glass finding on local beaches,” he said. He found many pretty pieces of glass as well as heart-shaped and round rocks and pretty shells. “I washed all the shells and glass and began gluing pieces of glass inside the shells. I’m no artist but I got creative.”
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Loren says he enjoyed collecting these items. “One doesn’t realize how therepeutic sifting your arms through sand and small rocks can be. The end result for me was a way to spend time away from other people during this awkward time and to stay busy, while having an interest or newfound purpose.”
Pandemic author
Seventy-two year-old Katie Cameron wrote her first book while stuck at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Adventures of Bubba, is a short book filled with true tales starring Katie’s orange Persian cat, Bubba. “From fighting with eagles, to playing with otters,” Bubba was the kind of cat who got into trouble – a lot. The Adventures of Bubba is available on Kindle. In the future, Katie plans to have print copies of her book available for sale.
‘Pandemic Planters’
And there’s Nancy Dietrich’s dad – 90-year-old Terry Waghorn. He’s been keeping busy building what he calls pandemic planters. Nancy says he wants to let
people know there are lots of things you can do to keep busy during the pandemic that do not involve using your phone!
Baking... with children
When Alena Devlin found herself unable to buy enough bread to keep her three young children happy she decided to make her own (next page). She’d been witnessing the bread baking photo phenomenon on Facebook during the pandemic and thought she
could do this too. “I jumped on the sourdough bread band wagon and made my own starter,” she says. The results? Two weeks later, after many failed attempts and hours of YouTube tutorials, she finally nailed it. “My children love it!” she says. However, Alena advises would-be bread makers to plan extra walks and workouts to burn off those unavoidable calories associated with homemade bread!
