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The National Can Shortage
This photograph was taken in the Shaw's on Gold Star Boulevard in July. Apparently, fewer people are recycling cans during the pandemic, which has led to a national shortage. Particularly in the spring, but also in the summer, there were rolling…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 7/20/20
Tags: Can Shortage, Recycling, Shaws
No Shucking
This photograph was taken at the Shaw's on Gold Star Boulevard in early June. Every day I notice some tiny detail like this which, on its own, isn't really a big change, but added together... I mean, communal shucking of corn is a combination town…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 06/01/20
Pop-Up Pick-up Dinner!
Just before the pandemic, the Castle Restaurant in Leicester announced that it would be closing. My partner and I go there every year for Valentine's Day. I was supposed to be travelling during the spring, and I resigned myself to the idea that when…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 05/09/20
Tags: Castle Restaurant, Pickup-Dinner
Our suffering is a marketing gimmick
One of the things that really struck me about the pandemic was how quickly television commercials changed and how quickly the big corporations got up signs about how much they care about us. Within two weeks of the lockdown starting in Worcester,…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 07/01/2020
Tags: Big Corporations, Marketing
Remote Teaching Setup
I am very lucky that I can do my job remotely, and that I have no children or pets to care for during these times. This photo shows the remote teaching set up I've used to teach university courses since March. The desk is my grandmother's kitchen…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 11/01/2020
Books I read in 2020
In 2020 I didn't go out much. I spent a lot more time than usual reading, and as far as I can tell, these are the books that I read during the pandemic period. From left to right, there's a stack of miscellaneous; history; and cookbooks. For whatever…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 01/01/2021
Paper Product Shortage
I forgot that I had this photo from right around Thanksgiving time. Maybe it's different in other parts of the country. Some of my friends act like I'm nuts when I tell them we're still having shortages and restrictions 10 months into the pandemic.…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 12/01/20
Armenian Church of Our Savior Fundraiser
In October, the Church of Our Savior on Salisbury St. announced that they were making to go dinners as a fundraiser. Between March and August I didn't go out at all, and then in August I started doing takeout once a week, so a break from the routine…
Created By: Aaron Sakulich; Contributed By: Aaron Sakulich
Date: 11/01/2020