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My roommate had her birthday while we were socially distancing at home. I made her this birthday card out of the back pages of printed out readings and the Pioneer Press Sunday cartoons since that was all the craft supplies I had access to.

I found myself on campus one day and realized it might be the last time I would be there as a student (it wasn't but I didn't know that) so I took a selfie.

A photograph of Scotty's in the Leonard Center, closed because of the pandemic.

My roommates and I played Settlers of Catan to pass the time inside.

A handwritten reflection on contributing to the COVID-19 archive for Amy Sullivan's public history class.

I've knitted two things while I've been socially distancing, a blanket and a hat. It's nice to get time to craft, but a little annoying that it's happening while it's getting warm and knits stop being practical.

Photo showing a blocked-off playground in a public park with a sign in the foreground reading "Playground Closed. Surfaces not sanitized." in English and Spanish.

Puzzle of Van Gogh's paining Café Terrace at Night completed by a Macalester student with her family as a way to spend time during the pandemic.

This is my handwritten reflection on helping with this COVID-19 Archives Project as part of HIST 376: Public History. It reads:

I decided to participate in this project because I’m living through such an important historic event and felt like I…

A photo showing an overhead view of chalk art on a sidewalk in a St. Paul neighborhood. The chalk art depicts a long-haired figure reading a book on a heart-shaped pink background. Curling letters above and below read "Stay inside / Read a Book". At…