{"id":4081,"date":"2020-04-27T19:10:21","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T23:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/?p=4081"},"modified":"2020-05-09T15:46:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T19:46:42","slug":"journal-the-courts-at-belle-pointe-celebrates-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/walkingrichmond\/2020\/04\/27\/journal-the-courts-at-belle-pointe-celebrates-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Neighborhood Celebrates Easter: Journal | April 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Alejandro Rodriguez\u00a0Mu\u00f1oz<\/em><\/p>\n<p>April 12th was a wonderful sunny day in Annapolis. We could not go boating if we weren\u2019t fishing, because of the stay-at-home order. So we took the fishing lines and followed the wind in the Chesapeake Bay.<\/p>\n<p>It was Easter, and we went home earlier than we really wanted because there was an Easter celebration in our neighbor\u2019s front yard. I was skeptical that could go work in these times, and I was partly right.<\/p>\n<p>When we got home, we found five neighbors seated on chairs right next to our house, drawing a circle, six feet apart from each other. We took some camping chairs from our garage and joined the chatting from our front yard, making the circle bigger.\u00a0 They were all drinking alcohol, enjoying themselves and each other from the distance. I was kindly surprised everybody was respecting social distance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been convidened!\u201d, said Carla, seated in our circle. Everyone laughed but I could notice a glimpse of melancholy in everybody\u2019s faces, broken and thankful for the wonderful strange gathering that was taking place. \u201cWe\u2019re gonna have a big party there,&#8221; said Laura, my host mom, while pointing at the central square of the neighborhood\u2014&#8221;as soon as we are decovidened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPost-COVID party!\u201d Carla shouted. Everyone seemed to have positive expectations about the future.<\/p>\n<p>A new neighbor appeared walking her dog not far from where we were.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCome social distance for a moment!\u201d Carla shouted at her. She said she\u2019d come later, but she never did. Given the fact that some people in the circle forgot about social distancing after some drinks, she probably did good in not coming. It was time to go back inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alejandro Rodriguez\u00a0Mu\u00f1oz April 12th was a wonderful sunny day in Annapolis. We could not go boating if we weren\u2019t fishing, because of the stay-at-home order. So we took the fishing lines and followed the wind in the Chesapeake Bay. 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