22 10 1657 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Write a memory, journal entry, essay, list, poem, or story below. You can attach a file below if you'd prefer. If I were to tell the future generations about these times during the pandemic, I would say that you shouldn't take things that are important to you for granted. I would say to cherish every second with friends and family. I would let them know how quickly things can change, so live a little. You never realize how much you need someone or something until it is taken from you. These times during this pandemic are insane and crazy. I would let them know how the hospital staff, doctors, and nurses are outstanding and deserve all the recognition in the world and that you should never take them for granted. They put in so much to save lives and during this time proved they were strong and brave. During these times it was hard for everyone. Physically, emotionally, and mentally. Being in quarantine was a struggle for everyone. It left people with thoughts that they never had before because those thoughts were put to the back of their minds because they had things like school and friends to allow them to forget about it. I would say be grateful for having the ability to have physical contact with everyone and everything because it can easily be taken from you. I would tell them to always keep in touch with the older family members in their lives. I would say, don't take for granted having food on the dinner table, and easy access to almost anything and everything you need in your homes. Cherish the ability to go outside without a mask and breathe fresh air. If something is important to you, don't take that for granted, whether it be sports, arts, photography, or anything you love because anything, like a pandemic, can take that away from you. Most importantly is your education. Don't take for granted the privileges you have to be surrounded by the friends you've grown up with, and the ability to have an education that isn't through a computer screen. I would tell them that things get tough, but if you fight through it and think positive, good things will happen. Location Where was this item created? Portsmouth, Rhode Island; 02871 Language What language is it in? English Description What is it about? This piece is about telling future generations about these time during this pandemic. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? When The Going Gets Tough Creator Who created this item? Hope Arsenault Future Gratitude Hope Portsmouth Social distancing Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Lfj Gill: A Long Day’s Journal Description What is it all about? Navigating a double pandemic in a divided world. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Write a memory, journal entry, essay, list, poem, or story below. You can attach a file below if you'd prefer. “The Church has left the Building” It is one of the blessings of this enforced hiatus from the external world that we get to realize more vitally how we are together in spirit. It's beautiful to have a physical church in which to come together to worship. After all, Christ taught and worshiped in the temple and in synagogues. But he also taught and worshiped in corn fields and olive groves, on dusty roads and on mountains… The Spirit of God is not limited by our time, space and physical edifices. Nor by our ideas and rituals. In the Spirit, we are together—wherever we may be physically. Our Vicar counseled us early in the pandemic to “take this time to grow deeper in your faith.” Having to stay home for weeks, divested of the noise and frenzy of the world, has given us an opportunity for solitude, silent communion and quiet prayer—an opportunity to deepen our individual relationship with God. We will be all the richer for this experience when we come back together in person in our places of worship. _____________ Corona Virus Journal for RI Historical Society Covid-19 Archives Journal #2 “The Church has left the Building” —Lfj Gill Location Where was this item created? Hopkinton, RI Language What language is it in? English Description What is it about? Virtual Faith Community Date When was this created? 2002-05-12 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? COVID-19 JOURNAL #2 "THE CHURCH HAS LEFT THE BUILDING" Creator Who created this item? Lfj Gill Churches Faith Hopkinton Spirituality https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/679c28f120354d0c12fe3b1536953236.jpg f7953c0d3889be138a41147dc363fd00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Phil Barber Date When was this created? 4-5-20 Location Where was this item created? Providence Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? 2020 Vision Description What is it all about? We need glasses Brewing industry Providence Signs https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/2c33b2eefab13caf2482f7c2cd9dd43e.JPG b92da4f6d082229587150641e423b2fd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Phil Barber Date When was this created? 4-12-20 Location Where was this item created? Newport Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Cliff Walk, Easter Easter Flowers Newport Parks https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/5f9c21bc32f8162f58294c8ba4686298.jpg dabe9376d51ca772590fe3fbd08fbb22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Lfj Gill: A Long Day’s Journal Description What is it all about? Navigating a double pandemic in a divided world. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Write a memory, journal entry, essay, list, poem, or story below. You can attach a file below if you'd prefer. From an email to a friend today: May 13, 2020 Yep, things have certainly changed. As an introvert, I have greatly (almost guiltily) enjoyed the quiet, the staying in and having everybody else staying in, too—the corridors empty, no chatter, no ambush when going down the hall to get the mail or empty the trash—hardly any traffic on the roads the few times I went out to pick up my groceries...  I am sure it is harder on extroverts, though maybe some have taken this chance to discover they have an inner life, full of potential riches, the din of the world having been silenced for a while. As you say, strange times indeed. Terribly tragic times for so many. Listening to the various governors' news briefs now is like listening to the evening news during Viet Nam—so many infected today, so many in the ICU, so many deaths. Already far more than we lost in Viet Nam—and yet—maybe because I don't look for it—I don't hear much of a hue and cry—not enough for the situation at least. Eighty-five thousand Americans DEAD—and that’s only so far! I vividly recall we would sit in front of the TV every evening, cringing in horrified anticipation, watching the news report of the day’s body count. It was our friends, brothers and sweethearts being sent to the slaughter at that time. I can still feel the pain in the heart, watching the images of body bags and hearing the soul-wrenching numbers. And that was a situation both created by and stoppable by human beings. Yet the slaughter went on and on, insanely, unforgivably. Now in this Covid situation we get data. Every day in the governors’ news briefs, “Today’s numbers are: 650 new positive cases, 400 hospitalized, 100 in the ICU, 75 on ventilators, 85 new deaths…” Numbers, with no human faces. Bodies, not souls. Why don’t they include a look at some of those people trying to breathe in the ICU? There are videos popping up on Youtube made by patients with their phones, gasping out their stories and warning people to “take this thing seriously”—and some are quite young. Maybe the people who don’t deign to protect the rest of us by wearing face coverings would wake up if they saw the human beings behind the numbers on their screens. _____________ Corona Virus Journal for RI Historical Society Covid-19 Archives Journal #3 The Human Beings Behind the Numbers —Lfj Gill Location Where was this item created? Hopkinton, RI Language What language is it in? English Description What is it about? Data vs real live human beings Date When was this created? 2020-05-13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? COVID-19 JOURNAL #3 HUMAN FACES BEHIND THE NUMBERS Creator Who created this item? Lfj Gill Communication COVID-19 (Disease) Death Friendship Governors Hopkinton Journalism https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/4714be1bc158091a073bb89490e59f47.jpg d2bea683e9831de2050e13b606bde0f4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Ashley Nicole Date When was this created? 4/1/2020 Location Where was this item created? Wicked Tulips Flower Farm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Virtual Tulip Portraits Description What is it all about? Provide your picture and we put it on a tulip background. We partnered with RISunshine.com to bring this to our customers since they can't walk through the fields. Farms Flowers Government shutdowns Portraits https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/c004fb48e23eab19dd88acc44dc77667.jpeg 1451065d204459dd0671fc885d3e9f51 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Still Image This could include any kind of visual item. For example: photographs, paintings, drawings or maps. Creator Who created this item? This might be you or someone else. Please list the full name or "anonymous" if you prefer Heather Cole Date When was this created? March-May 2020 Location Where was this item created? Warwick, RI Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? List of birds observed in my yard, Spring 2020 Description What is it all about? There are a number of large old trees in my yard, and while working from home over the past few months I've been able to observe all of the local wildlife more closely. I was never a birdwatcher before, but lately I've been awed by the variety of birds who live here or are passing through. It's a lovely respite from daily stress, or even just all the Zoom meetings, to look up and watch the birds. Birds Nature Warwick Yards Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Text Write a memory, journal entry, essay, list, poem, or story below. You can attach a file below if you'd prefer. When COVID-19 first began we didn't realize just how much our lives were about to change. When it all started we were told to wash our hands frequently, it wasn't so serious (so we thought) it quickly began to get more and more serious, Before we knew it there were cases popping up all over RI. 2 elementary aged students were diagnosed in my hometown, Westerly.. Soon public schools were cancelled and people began to see just how serious this was getting. It didn't take long for schools to be cancelled all together, students were learning from home.. URI made the call that employees who were able should work from home- We have been working and schooling from home for about 5-6 weeks now. Many people are still getting sick, and so many have passed away. Going to the grocery store is scary, everyone has to wear masks, and the isles in the store are 1 way to help stop overcrowding. We miss our friends and family and we have been in our homes for what feels like years. Rhode Island is slowly beginning to open back up, and we are told we will begin coming back to work on a staggered schedule beginning in June. We will work from home on the days we are not scheduled to be in the office. This has certainly been a challenging time, the economy is really taking a hit. We can only continue to hope things will get better sooner than later. Location Where was this item created? Sitting at home Language What language is it in? English Description What is it about? COVID-19 pandemic memories Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? URI Employee Creator Who created this item? Anonymous Distance education Employees Employment Grocery stores Reopening Social distancing Stores & shops Telecommuting University of Rhode Island https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/2703465f4ab2b9cf4dcbc92680af5c29.mp4 4762a9c3ab9bd32b127257dc6fc5f750 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Public Contributions Description What is it all about? Crowdsourced stories, images and recordings that reflect the individual experiences of Rhode Islanders during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020. Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Location Where was this item created? Virtual Language What language is it in? English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Covid Recital Creator Who created this item? URI Piano Studio of Prof. Takasawa and Students Description What is it all about? This is a performance of Minuet in G played remotely on and recorded live using Zoom. Distance education Music Pianos Students Universities & colleges University of Rhode Island https://ricovidarchive.org/files/original/4583bc0828b476cb1550d700cba451c6.mov b481de7bdb7c7f03432ba0526848be1b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? Lfj Gill: A Long Day’s Journal Description What is it all about? Navigating a double pandemic in a divided world. Moving Image A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Location Where was this item created? At home in Hopkinton RI Language What language is it in? English Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title What would you title this item? COVID-19 JOURNAL #4 WORLD AT MY WINDOW Creator Who created this item? Lfj Gill Date When was this item created? 2020-05-14 Description What is it all about? COVID-19 JOURNAL #4 WORLD AT MY WINDOW Life in abundance comes to my window every day. I am not alone. "Beauty before me; with it I wander” (from a Navajo poem.) I look up from my desk and it can be a bluebird, an Oriole, a Grosbeak, an indigo bunting, goldfinches, catbirds, downies--I've seen 22 different species at the feeders this year--and that's only when I happened to be looking. Not only do they bring life and beauty, they bring immense relief from listening to the sad, frustrating, and infuriating news bombarding us every day, all day. Not that one has to listen to it, but it is hard to avoid it altogether. Thank God for the hopeful, the compassionate, the inspiring counterbalances coming from those among us who actually care about and honor human life. Meanwhile, these lovely creatures carry on according to their design and nature, with never a protest, no politics involved. Corona Virus Journal for RI Historical Society Covid-19 Archives Journal #4 World at my Window —Lfj Gill Birds Faith Hope Hopkinton Journalism