The traditional 1st-anniversary gift is considered to be paper, while the modern gift is a clock, which commemorates the passage of time over this important first year.
What artifacts would you include on the first anniversary of COVID?
- paper mask
- shot record of COVID vaccinations
- COVID test results, perhaps showing luck or virtue
- snips of the changing political and social views on mask wearing
- changed work schedule or filing for unemployment benefits
- pictures of friends and family that you have not seen for a year
- cancelled event tickets
- programs for events never attended
- invitation to your first post-COVID gathering
- take-out menus
- 2020/21 calendars showing how empty life was, except maybe for medical appointments and Zoom meetings
- diary (see calendar entry)
- copies of all of the COVID jokes and toilet paper memes sent around by people desperate for a reason to smile or even laugh
- election memorabilia
- collection of recipes used this past year
- pictures of the garden or other hobbies you took up this year
- lessons plans from home schooling
- list of lessons learned
- changing or morphing political/cultural opinions
- new books read or streaming platforms watched
Nice list! Some of these items would be interesting artifacts in 100 years.
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It would be. Toilet paper (out of context) would be an interesting discovery in an opened time capsule.
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A fascinating list. Lack of jet trails in the sky
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That is an interesting and original thought. Thanks for sharing it with us.
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I’d include a roll of toilet paper and the stack of letters I sent my mother and mother-in-law instead of visiting them in person.
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That is a good list. Good that you kept a copy of the letters (or were they written on computer?) Thanks for playing along.
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I like the idea of a book of covid jokes, my other half says an appointment card for a covid shot. 😷
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Glad you like the book of covid jokes. Tell your better half thanks for the idea on the appointment card.
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What a nice list!!! 🙏😘🙏
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Thanks. It was a fun and easy post to pull together.
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Good list. One and two for sure.
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Thanks, JeanMarie.
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It’s really hard to document a black hole. If I had thought of it, I suppose I might have kept a journal, but then every page would have said “Same as yesterday”. My highlights have been daily trips to get a cup of coffee and a weekly trip at dawn to get groceries. Ho-Hum.
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You have to quit living life in the fast lane, Rolig. Hopefully, 2021 will get better. They say 2 weeks after you have your final shot, you should be fairly good to go.
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