Listen to Black American Lorna Martin — from Brooklyn and now living in Queens, New York — talk about living as a retired New York City public school teacher during the Covid-19 pandemic. Her experience was “one of renewal: mind, body, and spirit.” She describes how learning to schedule her time using Google calendar allowed her to schedule poetry slams, poetry classes, book club events, and dance classes. She wrote a digital book with her grandchildren: “Conversations with G-Ma.” She scheduled weekly read-alouds with her grandchildren on her Google calendar. She also participated in “Art Across America” with friends and family, which included virtual Sunday gallery walks and Discord displays of their work.

Listen to Lorna Martin talk about participating in a prote ...