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My COVID-19 Diary: It’s not the same from home
I got to tagalong once when his company rented out Citi Field for batting practice. I worked in a school where the staff all bought tickets together to sit in the picnic area at Citi Field for a Mets game but we didn’t get to step foot on the field, and they certainly didn’t throw batting practice to us. Continue reading
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My COVID-19 Diary: Friday un-Focused #8
For various reasons that deserve their own blog post, my wife is not a sports fan. She’ll watch sports if it includes brunch but other than that she just doesn’t see the point. In that respect she’s one of the big winners of the quarantine. Continue reading
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My COVID-19 Diary: You can bring that on the subway?
Only a small percentage of Sunday Routine people surf, but I love the ones who do. There’s nothing cooler in my mind than the image of somebody taking the “A-Train” to Rockaway with an 8-foot surfboard. Continue reading
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My COVID-19 Diary: Did you read it yet?
There were newsstands on Flatbush Avenue that would get the papers around 11 o’clock so you could buy it on your way home from hanging out with your friends on a Saturday night. Back then, that was a trade secret reserved for “night owls”. Continue reading
My COVID-19 Diary: What’s left to talk about?
Because we consume the same media, Matt and I begin many conversations, “Don’t ruin it for me, I didn’t _____ “ (fill in the blank: “read the article”, “watch the game”, “see the movie”). In Matt’s defense, he is fantastic at this. Continue reading
My COVID-19 Diary: A routine on a Sunday?
This is an every week installment that features some individual who lives in the five boroughs, but usually, Manhattan, describing their routine on a Sunday. This section has spotlighted New Yorkers from every walk of life Continue reading
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My COVID-19 Diary: Friday un-Focused #7
You learn quickly when you’re an educator that kids think you’re old. I was 23 when I first started teaching, I thought I was pretty young, cool even. To my students, I may as well have been Methuselah. Continue reading
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My COVID-19 Diary: Writing. Who are your buddies?
I never realized how much the mere presence of other people in my life pushed me to accomplish more and meet the expectations the world has for me. It’s not like people passed me on the street and said, “Hey you, get back to work!” It’s just that you felt the presence of humanity and responded to it. Continue reading
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My COVID-19 Diary: Writing. “There’s always things.”
I once complained to my wife that I feared I might not have anything about which to write, she replied, “There’s things Don, there’s always things.” One of the best pieces of advice I ever received about writing. Continue reading
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My COVID-19 Diary: Writing. What works for me.
Avoid letting other tasks infringe upon them. If you’ve got kids, and writing takes place best when they are napping, do that. It’s unfortunate that the same machine that I use to write is also capable of delivering Twitter, Facebook, and Voxer. Continue reading
In the middle of learning - by Donald Gately Ed.D 
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