COVID-19: 8/26/2020 Update
It’s Wednesday, or “Miércoles,” as we’ve recently learned in our home. Both kids are immersed in Spanish lessons on top of their virtual school activities. I’m pretty sure I’ve gotten my English letter sounds down, as...
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COVID-19: 8/25/2020 Update (Including the Health Department and UTK Briefings)
How did the first day of virtual and in-person classes go? We’re doing OK, so far, at the Urban Academy. Thankfully, we’ve got a semi-autonomous sixth grader to go with our dependent Kindergartner. The technology learning...
COVID-19: 8/24/2020 Update
I hope you were able to enjoy some of the amazingly cool weather we had this weekend. We got outside to grill some great burgers from Hen Hoc and to visit (socially distanced and outside) with...
COVID-19: 8/21/2020 Update (Including the UT Chancellor’s Update)
Welcome to the weekend! We’ve made it through another week of updates and we’re ending the week with all numbers; international, national, state and local looking promising. Celebrate (but keep up the work)! I think we...
COVID-19: 8/20/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing
Our family’s travel fantasies are running amok. We’ve gone from talking about the first place we’d want to go when we can travel again, to what we miss most about travel, to ranking favorite trips from...
Knox County Board of Health Meeting (8/19/2020)
Dr. Buchanan presented the benchmarks (which were updated this afternoon). She repeated the numbers from the earlier report. Regarding the new case benchmark, she said it remained yellow even though reductions in numbers are evident. Testing...
COVID-19: 8/19/2020 Update
I’ve recently realized that many social media conversations closely parallel those with my resident 5-year-old. It goes something like this: Me: Statement Him: Unrelated Response Me: Respond to His Unrelated Response Him: Squirrel! What has happened...
COVID-19: 8/18/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
A little coolness in the air last evening and this morning says that summer is waning, though it won’t give up without a fight. The SEC announced football schedules yesterday, hoping this fall will be modestly...
COVID-19: 8/17/2020 Update
Welcome to a new week. Here’s hoping it is a good one for everyone. There are some good numbers being reported. On the upside, I am seeing more people wearing masks downtown, so hopefully that will...
COVID-19: 8/14/2020 Update (Including Today’s Health Department Briefing)
Happy Friday. I hope your weekend is a good one. Our family picks up a chrome book and “manipulatives” for a kindergarten student today as we continue to ramp up for virtual education. Accomplishments this week:...