Happy Lunar New Year of the Yin Metal Ox!
February 12, 2021 was the start of the Lunar Year of the Yin Metal (white) Ox one of 12 signs of Chinese Zodiac. The late Taoist scholar Liu Ming described these Continue Reading →
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COVID Time – Post 14 – Orange Skies
By Pamela Chang, 9/9/2020 Yesterday the sun rose, a coppery disk that tracked its way across a grey haze. Today, I assume the sun rose again but it has remained Continue Reading →
Not ALL masks are made equal
A recent new study examined the efficacy of different types of masks, from N95s to surgical masks to bandanas and neck gaiters. Though this study was primarily designed to verify Continue Reading →
Sheltering-in-Place Week 22 – Quarantining back in California
The night before I left Massachusetts, it stormed: crashing thunder, brilliant lightning, wind, and eventually, rain. I lay beside an open window, feeling the breeze on my face, counting seconds Continue Reading →
Sheltering-in-Place Part 11: Crossing the Country
Week 18. I have arrived in New York, Rockland County, some 20 miles north of Manhattan. Here are the highlights of the road trip. First, there is an apparently functioning Continue Reading →
Reopening preparations Part 3 — Screening procedures
As we move closer to Sarana’s re-opening, we have been sharing our new safety policies on this blog. We posted about the importance of face masks and about physical distancing Continue Reading →
Reopening preparations Part 2 — physical distancing & shared surfaces
As we make further preparations to reopen Sarana in its new incarnation, we are sharing some of the new policies and safety procedures you can expect when you return for Continue Reading →
Reopening preparations: Part 1 – the masks
Pam, Jennifer and Tatyana have been meeting virtually weekly and are discussing the many details of re-opening Sarana. We look forward to announcing our opening as soon as we have Continue Reading →
Sheltering in Place Part 4- Planning Ahead
Sarana’s managers, Tatyana, Jennifer, and I, have started working our way through a long list of considerations for re-opening: equipment needed; procedures to create for: cleaning and sanitizing, and tracking Continue Reading →
Sheltering in Place Part 3 – Gratitude
End of week 6 of Shelter-in-Place. Here’s what I’m grateful for today. 💜 Gavin Newsom’s approach to CoVid19, his quickness to order state-wide Shelter-in-Place (SIP) and his continued thoughtful decisiveness in Continue Reading →