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In keeping with our looking to the sky theme we had the strawberry moon with an eclipse in some parts of the world. Celebrate the strawberry season at Spencer You Pick. Go to the farm and pick your own berries! Bring your facemask and hand sanitizer, please don't sample while you pick, stay six feet apart.
COVID-19
Here is the plan for Reopening Indiana for May 22-June 13. Meanwhile, Indianapolis State Fair has been cancelled and the running of the NASCAR 400 will be run July 5 with empty stands.
Indiana is continuing testing. If you receive a call, text or post card for testing, Dr. Box asks that you get tested.
Correction link: here are the CDC's Recommendations for Back to School. And here are is the Indiana Reentry Guidance. Many universities plan to meet in person in the fall with new directives and processes. Changing from semesters to quarters or trimesters with the plan to have virtual classes during peak illness months. Smaller class size in person meetings with larger classes zooming and more are other plans. Affordable education and training in Indiana and the CARES Act help Hoosiers prepare for job changes in our new normal.
Protests, Curfews
The overnight curfews (in response to the destruction following protests) are very rare in the United States. To be clear, peaceful protests are a right of American free speech. Hurting others and destroying others' property is not. In response to police use of force concerns, Mayor Hogsett and police Chief Randall Taylor announced changes to Indianapolis Metropolitan Police policies.
The Indiana Department of Health offered free, walk up COVID testing downtown at Ohio and Capital near the Statehouse on Saturday, June 8, 10:00-5:00 to help protesters (and others) determine if they were exposed and are contagious. Other protesters throughout the state are asked to get tested at a site as it has been eight days to protect themselves, their families and the community.
Arts and Just Interesting
When working on the internet do you find yourself down a rabbit hole? Here is a great find: Albertina is a beautiful drawing by Durer.
English
Rather than translate, imagine: blue and sky
The shortfall of translating in language learning is that it limits your understanding. Words are symbols or representations that allow us to communicate. Sometimes there is no direct word to word translation. When you match an image or experience with the new words you connect with many other parts of your brain.
International Bible Study: Tuesdays, 9:30-10:30, Zoom.
We continued with Mark 11:12-25 and got to see a new (and somewhat surprising) side to Jesus. Jesus curses a fig tree for not producing fruit and then cleans out the temple. These timely stories illustrate that while God is loving, forgiving and patient. Jesus did not tolerate misuse of the temple for personal gain on any level: "Is it not written: 'my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations' but you have made it 'a den of robbers.'" (Mark 11: 17). Jesus didn't harm, but he did remove the offenders. Jesus also reminds that "if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them so your Father in heaven can forgive you." (Mark 11:25) Here is a suggested article comparing current events to this Bible story.
International Friends: Tuesdays, 10:30-12:00, Zoom.
One of the topics we hit upon was Tang. This delicious powdered drink was developed for the astronauts. You can still find it on the grocery shelves!
Conversation: Wednesdays, 4:30-6:00, Zoom.
We talked about the many changes we have seen in the past few days. We talked about current events beyond COVID-19, protests, riots and in our gardens. We compared shiso, basil and egoma or perilla or beefsteak plant.
English with Kids
The Strawberry Moon reminds me of the favorite bedtime story Goodnight Moon. Here it is read by an all-star cast accompanied by a soothing cello solo.
And for the rest of us... the parody: Goodnight Zoom (with some explanation).
sample: taste
curfews: a set time for people to return home
in response: an answer
use of force: excessive physical action by police where someone is injured or dies
down a rabbit hole: the time consuming following of ideas on the internet
shortfall: weakness
imagine: form a mental image or concept
curse: words to punish or to inflict harm on someone or something
timely: current or appropriate to the moment
harm: hurt another
offenders: people who have committed a crime
all-star cast: the participants in a movie, play, etc. are all famous
soothing: consoling, calming effect
solo: music performed alone
parody: a joke
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