Viewpoints on 2020: Articles, Essays, Poems, Plays by several authors

by Barbara Fox

A collection of articles, essays, poems and plays from different authors about how they are dealing/coping with the pandemic. Barbara Fox wrote several plays on the subject Including "The Visit" (a couple is reluctant to have company) "QuickMeeton Zoom" (a virtual dating service) and "Mothers, Daughters, Friends" (homeschooling) and she invited other authors and friends to contribute their plays, articles, and poems. Several people responded. Stephen Olson wrote a play about a virtual office meeting and Marla Schwartz wrote a one-minute play about people affected by the virus. Sharon Baker, Mitchell Ball and John Harpin, Natalie Cobo , Benito Perri, Pamela O'Salem and Greg McDaniel offered advice, suggestions and feelings about everything from appreciating nature to trying new recipes. making new friends and staying connected with family and friends through social media, to exercising. meditation, practicing gratitude and more. Mitchell Berkman contributed a rap, Venessa McCaffrey offered poetic tributes, Barry Katz's poems provided a little humor and Luis Roberto Herrera summed it all up with "cope." Viewpoints also has lots of "mini views", short statements like "if I'd known last March that it was the last time I would at in a restaurant, I would have ordered dessert" and "The swimming pools are open but, due to social distancing there will be no water in lanes 1,3 and 5," and many more that point out that, while the pandemic is a serious problem, there is still humor in the ways people deal with it.

99 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 17, 2020