Acknowledgments. Preface: Generational Shift / Lauren Poe --
Foreword / Dixie Nielson --
CHAPTER l: THE VIRUS ARRIVES: LIFE DISRUPTED. Alachua County Stay at-Home-Order / Ronnie Lovler --
Living Undercover: COVID-19 Masks / Bonnie Ogle --
Music Interrupted / Frank Curtis --
Delayed Book Launch / Stephanie A. Smith --
Spring Bird Migration in Alachua County During COVID-19 / Debra Segal --
Celebrating in Spite of Coronavirus / Marie Q Rogers --
Interview with Dr. Paul Ortiz / Professor of History at the University of Florida (Conducted by Ronnie Lovler, Matheson History Museum, November 27, 2020) --
CHAPTER 2: VICTIMS AND FRONT-LINE WORKERS. Personal Narrative of a COVID-19 Survivor / Randy Thorp --
A Nurse's Perspective / Debbie Boada
The Gladys Bertha Simmons Story /
In Prison with COVID / Sally Wilson --
Punching Bag Clown / James W. Harper --
Health, Justice, and COVID-19 / Robin Lewy, Kaeli Flannery, and Fran Ricardo --
The Medical Perspective / J. Nishida --
This Car Wreck of a Year / Wendy Thornton --
Vulnerable Times / Andrea Villa Ruiz --
CHAPTER 3: THE NEW NORMAL --
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed My Life / Joan H. Carter --
My Cents on the Coronavirus / Connie Biddle Morrison --
iSalven a Los Abuelos! / Helen Morejón --
My Pandemic Experience / Pattie Macurdy --
My Life in the Time of Coronavirus / Ronnie Lovler --
Passing Through the Pandemic Portal / Joe Courter --
To Whom It May Concern / Connie Doby --
CHAPTER 4: A STEEP LEARNING CURVE: BALANCING EDUCATION AND A PANDEMIC. Stuck and Confused / Blair De Las Alas --
COVID Worries / Joseph Garciso --
The Ways COVID has Affected My Life / Makayla Mayhew --
My Senior Year Lost to COVID / Ellie Johnson --
The coronavirus's Effect on the Student Population at the University of Florida / Jane Perez --
Finding Positives in the COVID Experience / Camryn Mueller --
Coronavirus Experience / Palace Niekerk --
School Daze: Getting an Education in COVID Times / Bonnie Ogle --
CHAPTER 5: PANDEMIC POLITICS. Contemporary Commentary / Eric Diamond --
Pandemic Primary: Why I Volunteered at a Polling Station Despite CORONAVIRUS* / Zachariah Chou --
Flashback and Flashpoint: Fury over Injustice / Ronnie Lovler --
In Other News / K. E. Mullins --
Florida Presidential Primary Election / Michael Plaut --
In Virus Time / Leslie Sahler --
Interview with Dr. Kayser Enneking, MD / (Conducted by Ronnie Lovler, Matheson History Museum, December 7, 2020) --
The Infernal Din of Our Dilemma / Eric Diamond --
CHAPTER 6: PHILOSOPHICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL REACTIONS. What to Be Thankful for During This Time of Pandemic / Rosemarie Dinklage --
Quarantined / E. Stanley Richardson --
The Antithesis of COVID-19 / Karen Cole-Smith --
The Glowering Bells / Eric Diamond --
On Isolation / James Williams --
On Isolation / James Williams --
Entering the Temple / Eric Diamond --
The Rickety Bridge / Adrian Fogelin --
On a Shady Lane / Richard Gartee --
Hope is an Investment in the Future / Adrian Fogelin --
A Dream / Marie Q Rogers --
Interview with Sheila Payne, Co-Chair, Alachua County Labor Coalition / (Conducted by Ronnie Lovler, Matheson History Museum, November 22, 2020) --
CHAPTER 7: HUMOR CAN HELP. In the Beginning of Quarantine / Ann~Marie Magn? --
COVID and Community / Megan M. Atwater --
How a Group of Virtual Animals on a Tropical Island Saved My Sanity / Amanda Engen --
Lemme Outta Here! / Eric Diamond --
Going Within, Looking Out Or How I Got Lost in Facebook in Times of COVID / J. Elliott --
Living in a Dystopian Novel / Marie Q Rogers --
CHAPTER 8: COVID AND CREATIVITY. MASQUE TWO: A Puppet Show / Charlotte M. Porter --
Beginner's Mind / Mary Bast --
Tenderness / Lola Haskins --
After Another Virtual Meeting / J. Brent Crosson --
Pandemic Blues / Eric Diamond --
Living the Artist's Life / Mallory M. O'Connor.