It's been such a week of nothing and everything that I hardly know what to write.
As far as the coronavirus is concerned, things are starting to open up here in central Ohio. Playgrounds and the zoo are opening this week. Our social circle is expanding, although we do still take some basic precautions. It's a relief to feel that things are moving in a "normal" direction, although of course I'm still concerned that the virus will spread as people go about their daily business more and more.
And then there are the protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Locally they started in downtown Columbus, some four miles from our house, and there were a few news cycles of broken windows at the Statehouse and at businesses. (The kids asked what "looting" meant.) Then came a city-wide curfew which covered our neighborhood that ended only this past Saturday. The rougher protests made their way to campus, about two miles away. Here in Clintonville, there have been some rallies but nothing even close to dangerous.
Of course we've been talking to the kids more about race, hopefully in a way that they understand. I myself hardly know how to show my support and for once words don't seem adequate. But I'm following closely and hoping for real change.
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