Author: Giuseppe Chiaramonte

I’ve moved to writing in the morning. Usually when nighttime rolls around, I’m about three (or four or five) Moscow Mules (vodka, ginger beer, and lime juice) in and don’t feel like reviewing what happened during the day. Most nights around 9:00PM, all I want to do is go to sleep and let my mind …

A slate sky meets with me this morning. The smell of fresh air from the prior nights rain storms radiates throughout the interior of my house. I watch out my kitchen window as birds pounce on defenseless worms forced from the safety of their dirt homes. It feels like nature is constantly reminding me of …

New York issued their “shelter in place” order for 90 days along with explicit instructions that enforcement action was an option for those not complying with the order. According to Governor Newsom, “Shelter in Place” has no deadline or end date for the great state of California. Why is our state not providing an end …

Tonight, Governor Newsom ordered a shelter in place for the state of California! I watched the news feed and there were no reporters in the room. Questions from reporters were taken online or over the phone giving the whole dynamics of the press conference an other worldly feeling. About an hour prior, I had scheduled …

I reported to the school campus this morning per the instructions of our school district. To be honest, I was a little nervous about how the process was going to happen. Upon my arrival, I met up with several colleagues in the first-floor hallway and we engaged in small talk. I noticed everyone appeared uncomfortable, …

On St. Patrick’s Day, the world is clamping down. Governments are sinking their teeth into the coronavirus and methodically removing individual freedoms. Each step takes us closer to a world that was only conceivable in science fiction or post-apocalyptic stories. France and Italy require their citizens to fill out a form explaining why they are …

I didn’t wake up until 11:00am. The sounds of rain outside my bedroom window lulled me into a hypnotic state-peaceful, calm, and “quarantined” from the rising specter of the pandemic. Now I know something is definitely wrong in the world if I sleep in that late and am not sick or hungover. The rain could …

On Friday (March 13, 2020), Fresno County Schools closed down until April 14th, 2020. All events were cancelled and parents were left to figure out how to care for their children full-time. On a global scale, Italy locked their country down calling it a national quarantine and there seems to be more European countries looking …

March 12, 2020 was a marker, a bright line drawn in the sand of history, the culmination of the world coming together and yet simultaneously separated by borders and fear. As a result of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections spreading across the world [approximately 140,000 infected and over 5,000 dead], all major sports (NBA, PGA, NCAA, MLB, …