NEIGHBORS: After 2 pandemic years, these Anchorage seniors are reclaiming their community, one card game at a time
There’s still a risk, but seniors are flooding back to Anchorage Senior Center
Classes and Workshops
Free youth summer writing workshops! (Sponsored by Anchorage Museum)
High school and middle school writers are invited to join me in two-day small group non-fiction writing workshops. Participation is limited and sign-up is required.
NEIGHBORS: A year’s supply of rice and 15 mustards: Alaskans’ overstocked pantry shelves tell the story of anxious years
You could say our pantries reflect our collective state of mind and the state of the world. They also tell us how we’re recovering from the pandemic years.
NEIGHBORS: Acts of kindness multiply: The story from one Midtown Anchorage drive-thru
For much of the past two years, a lot of us have been isolated from people we know, but also from the world of strangers, from small talk in line for coffee and smiles in the grocery store, and the sense of community that comes with it. That makes acts of kindness more meaningful
NEIGHBORS: Mothers of pandemic babies in Anchorage remember isolation, anxiety and deep resolve
Some women who gave birth to pandemic babies in Anchorage hospitals say their transitions to motherhood showed them they were more capable than they imagined.
Interested in the NEIGHBORS project? Come read, listen and mingle!
I’d like to invite anybody who’s been writing along, casually following, occasionally writing or just interested to a reading and meet-up at the Seed Lab on First Friday, 5/6, at 7. We’ll have an open mic reading of some of the work we’ve been doing in response to our pandemic story prompts.
NEIGHBORS: After two years, and against the odds, a downtown Anchorage restaurant returns to life
Orso almost shuttered for good during the pandemic, but an employee’s gamble saved it.
NEIGHBORS: Her husband was dying of COVID. A world of Twitter friends in Anchorage reached out to comfort her.
The other side of the isolation of the last two years is the collection of people we’ve hung onto. Wendi Gratrix hung on to her Twitter friends. And they hung onto her, too.
Join me for a free pop-up mini workshop at Seed Lab
A quick, lunch-hour writing group, using prompts meant to stimulate reflection on what we’ve been through the last two years and what comes next. Join!
How have the last two years changed you? Be part of the NEIGHBORS project.
No matter who you are, you have been through something the last two remarkable pandemic years. Let’s explore what comes next.