- FOREWORD -

 A COVID KINDERGARTEN

- FOREWORD -

    As of this writing, I/we are on our first full-week of online kindergarten classes. The reason for classes being online (only) is due to a viral pandemic, COVID-19. To-date, over 175,000 (United States) deaths have been attributed to the virus. The yearly death toll is over 250,000 deaths above where we were at this time last year. We have spent the past 6-months in relative isolation, keeping at home as much as possible, limiting exposure to strangers and family and traveling out for supplies only as-needed. We are all practicing "Social Distancing" and wearing face masks when in public.

    Our nation is experiencing civil unrest not seen in over 50-years. We are about to enter a presidential election, creating issues over the ability of people to show up at the polls (due to the pandemic), mail in ballots disputes, interruptions in our mail services and polarized candidates who are running on "Fighting for the Soul of our Country"platforms. There are: weeks & months-long riots in several cities causing hundreds of millions in damages to personal, businesses and government property, a temporary "Capital Hill Autonomous Zone" - a self-proclaimed independent, government free zone of occupation, racial upheaval and demands for justice in wrongful deaths, boycotts of professional sports (ironically supported by either side of the argument but for different reasons), a dual-hurricane passing through the Gulf of Mexico, a Derecho (140 mph winds, sustained for almost 1-hour) striking the Midwest (primarily the state of Iowa) and devastating communities, wildfires rampaging through California and because it has a remote (0.004%) chance of happening and-so worth mentioning - an asteroid that could hit earth near election day.

    This blog (and future book) is not about any of these (novel-worthy) things. This is about our experience in kindergarten, during Covid-19 and what the experience looked like from our perspective.