With the COVID pandemic keeping people at home, we asked our readers how they were keeping busy.
Each morning at sunrise I take my binoculars and camera (to authenticate rare sightings) for a bird census where the observations are recorded at ebird.com, a program of Cornell University that collects millions of world sightings that are available in several forms for researchers and the public.
Rod Rylander ('61)
Belize
My husband and I volunteered as Air Operations Branch Directors for the Civil Air Patrol's response in Texas for COVID-19 test shipping by air. The Civil Air Patrol is the auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force.
Cynthia ('85 M.L.S.) and Dietrich Whisennand
Dallas
I make stained glass items usually of my own design. I had a thought during the bluebonnet season many of us missed because we were "staying at home." I started making stained glass clocks!
Connie Kilday ('94, M.Ed.)
Irving