What a week. School work is finally starting to lighten up. I got to spend some more quality time with my niece. I got to anchor Newswatch from my bedroom. Pretty sweet, right?! It was a very productive week. I even got to spend some time in the music studio. I had to give a […]
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UM grad moved to South Korea just as COVID gained steam
DAEGU, South Korea — A 2019 Ole Miss graduate had just moved to South Korea to teach English in the wake of the country’s first wave of COVID-19 cases. Pierce Morrison, a Nashville native, arrived in Seoul on Feb. 19 as the story of the mass infection at the Shincheonji Church was just unfolding. “Everyone […]
Diary of a Plague, somewhere…
I sat down to write my blog yesterday, but I couldn’t think of any new content to blog about. As the Sunday storm was rolling in, I just started writing from the perspective of some young bloke stuck in his house during a plague in the 1950s… Day 37 – April 19, 1955 The rain […]
Thou Shalt Quarantine (Blog #2)
There wouldn’t be any ceramonies to attend. There would be no need to dress up or even put on shoes. This year, some may forget all together. Isn’t this week supposed to be an important one? It is such an interesting time to settle into our new normal. For Christians who observe the liturgical season […]
COVID Blog #2: You can run. But you can’t escape.
As the world continues to engage in escapist behavior, I’m beginning to settle into my role in the game. I do have that sense of escape every once in a while, one that was so prevalent the first few weeks of quarantine. As things progressed, my subconscious often drifted into something like, well, I can […]