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Today’s postcard, recorded on 17 July, is from Sabine Eichbauer. The episode is longer to accommodate the fact that she lives in both Italy and Germany. Sabine handles multiple businesses including wine growing at her vineyard, Podere Salicutti
Today’s postcard, recorded on 17 July, is from Sabine Eichbauer. The episode is longer to accommodate the fact that she lives in both Italy and Germany.Sabine handles multiple businesses including wine growing at her vineyard, Podere Salicutt
“It’s now more the physical solitary life but very digitally crowded. I miss human touch”Today’s postcard, recorded on 15 July, is from Higor Boconcelo who lives in São Paulo, Brazil. Higor is a user experience designer for a large tech company
“I remember sitting in my bed and I was not able to stop crying…I thought about one of my closest friends who does costumes at two different theatres and sold upcycling fashion at a market, but everything was closed down. She has three kids and
“In Latin America, we kiss when we say hello, and I haven’t said hello to anyone with a kiss in three months”Pankkara Larrea is a wedding and family photographer who lives with her husband and two Yorkshire terriers in Bolivia. She recorded he
“I missed seeing human beings during this time…I’m a people person and I didn’t see anyone on the road or the street outside our house, and I wanted to see people so badly.”Shagufta is an educator and also director of an intercultural learning
“We’ve both been left unemployed…before, we were hanging on and now we’ve just fallen…the Coronavirus, it’s just pushed us over the edge”Lucy Graney lives with her husband Will and their two young children in Salford, UK. Before the pandemic sh
“I suddenly noticed I wanted to work on motherhood, but all its different chapters – the secrets and taboos – the things we don’t really talk about”Sarah Pabst is a freelance photographer covering documentary and visual storytelling for interna
“To be frank, I feel guilty at not being able to give the children as much time as I would have wanted alongside the pressures of the job.” Jonathan Reynolds is a husband and dad. He’s also the member of parliament for Stalybridge and Hyde in t
Te’sa is a student midwife, a mother and tends a smallholding on the edge of Trinity County in California. She sent her postcard via satellite connection on 21 May when she was home, writing up her midwifery notes in the company of her toddler
"He was just getting sicker and after a few weeks he couldn’t even go to the store because he was so out of breath. This is a kid who is just 19 and who usually parkours his way from A to B"Eliotte Duran lives in Stockholm with her husband and
Tom Miller is a musician and lives in Salford, Manchester, in the UK. He sent his postcard on 6 May. Tom is used to the rhythm of playing regular gigs, spending time with friends and going to his day job at a music shop. Tom provides bass, synt
Nafissa is from Afghanistan and is currently living in a refugee camp in Athens, Greece. This postcard was recorded over a series of WhatsApp voice messages on 3 May.Nafissa fled Afghanistan at the age of 16 after being sold to a man linked to
11 - Rachel Velebny "I might still feel the anxiety but now everyone is experiencing these emotions"
Rachel Velebny is a freelance writer who lives in Amsterdam with her husband and cat in an apartment that doubles as her office. She sent her postcard on 28 April.She is currently contributing the text for Startup Guide but her internship at a
“I remember going to the grocery store and seeing all the shelves were empty…my kids started getting a fever…and all the Tylenol had gone”Blanca Frappier lives in Minnesota, USA, where she is an audio book artist and mother to three young child
Blanca Frappier lives in Minnesota, USA, where she is an audio book artist and mother to three young children.In this postcard, recorded on 26 April, Blanca reflects on how Coronavirus has interrupted her year of saying “yes” which was about
Emer McKenna lives near Dublin, Ireland, and is a stay at home mother to two young boys for whom she’s worked hard alongside her husband Colin to create a nurturing home. Her eldest son, George, has autism so the transition from school to lockd
“The children will be playing happily, oblivious to everything, and I feel like there’s this screaming in my head “this is not normal, what is happening now is not normal”…so I’ve had to work hard on my mental health.”Emer McKenna lives near Du
“I feel a bit like an imposter being a doctor during this time and not being on the frontline…it’s a bit of a mixed feeling for me because normally I would be the first to help.”Caroline is from the Montreal area of Canada. Usually her role inc
Natalie Brownstein lives in Sydney, Australia – a short walk from Bondi beach. She is mother to two young boys and is currently self-isolating in their apartment along with her husband who is working from home. When Coronavirus emerged in the
“I’ve taken to driving past the beach, opening the window and just inhaling deeply…I never thought I’d see the day when the water and the sands of Bondi are completely empty, it’s never happened before in my whole life.” Natalie Brownstein live
Gergana is a mother of twins who lives in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. She sent her postcard on 3 April.In doing so, she imagined herself as a castaway on an abandoned island and wanted to reach people who would hear her concern. She said of
“I worry that maybe we shouldn’t told him about the virus even though we tried to break it down to a level that a five, soon to be six, year old would understand. But he’s absolutely worried, he has nightmares that we are going to die of the vi
“I don’t want to bring this home and further the spread…it’s very scary for me to know that I go head first into these places not knowing what I could come out with if I’m not very careful”Tiana, 28 March 2020Tiana Melendez is a mother, hairsty
Cristina Constantinescu is an engineer who lives in Bucharest, Romania. Cristina is currently under lockdown with her husband and their five year old son.She discusses what life is like in the city and how the restrictions are having a personal
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