Alone Together: Hesitant Draft of Prompt and Book List
Brainstorming: I've never cared for the word "pandemic" because it sounds so much like "panic." So I've decided to take a moment to move from heart to head and consider the word's Greek roots: Pan: All Demos: People Interestingly, the notions of "disease" and "contagion" don't live in this word; instead, "pandemic" simply refers to the whole of a population. In the current era of social distancing, "pandemic" is, ironically, a uniting word. In the past two weeks, I've gone for a run every day. This not my normal habit (I'm more of an indoor group fitness kind of gal). As I jog up and down the hilly, concrete paths of Highlands Ranch, I see at least one person every 10 seconds. Compared to their usual solitary quiet, the paths are loud and busy right now with the footfalls of walkers, joggers, strollers, and dogs. We are alone together. Alright...what question do I really want to ask? Here...