by Alejandro Rodríguez Muñoz My host father, David Duny, works as a part-time harbormaster for the city of Annapolis. Like many Americans, his life changed when the coronavirus arrived. He’s now working for the city’s Office of Emergency Management [https://www.annapolis.gov/368/About-Us], which coordinates disaster response and recovery at a local level. “They handle floods, fires, mass Read more about Sunk Boat and Unsung Hero[…]
by Alejandro Rodriguez Muñoz “Most people here already wear masks. I don’t have one yet since there aren’t any in the pharmacies.” My heart sinks. My grandma, in Granada, Spain, keeps talking. “To go to the grocery store, I put latex gloves on,” she says. And when she gets there, she waits in a line Read more about Stranded in Annapolis, Thinking of Spain[…]
By Alejandro Rodriguez Muñoz April 12th was a wonderful sunny day in Annapolis. We could not go boating if we weren’t fishing, because of the stay-at-home order. So we took the fishing lines and followed the wind in the Chesapeake Bay. It was Easter, and we went home earlier than we really wanted because there was Read more about The Neighborhood Celebrates Easter: Journal | April 12[…]
By Alejandro Rodriguez Muñoz 03-15-2020, Sunday I first meet Mike when I arrived at my host family’s home in mid-March, after my university closed because of the coronavirus. Mike, who lives nearby, was hired to paint the front door of the townhouse. He has a brush in his right hand, a beer in his left. He Read more about Notes on White Mike: Journal | Spring 2020[…]
By Alejandro Rodriguez Munoz It was a perfect day for ice-cream. So Laura, my host mom, Caylee, her dog, and I walked to the 7-Eleven that is five minutes from our house. We arrived at the store, only to realize that neither of us was wearing a mask or gloves. But we didn’t want to Read more about My Trip to 7-Eleven: Journal | April 20[…]
Name of Community: Anne Arundel County, MD Established (date): 1650 Land area: 588 square miles Population: 579.234 Population over 65: 14.7% Population per sq. mile: 1,295.9 Racial Makeup: 74.2% white, 17.9% black, 8.1% Latino Persons per household: 2.65 Per Capita Income: $44,979 Bachelor Degree or above: 40.9% Life expectancy: 79.5 Hospital Beds: 634 Number of Read more about Annapolis by the Numbers[…]