A Plate of Pandemic
Creativity in Times of Crisis
Ann Goethals is a retired high school English teacher who set aside her own writing aspirations for three decades in order to nourish those of her students in a district just north of Chicago. She retired “into Covid-19” (a not unhappy coincidence) and has since become her own writer again, so it is no surprise her first pieces involved the black hole we all fell into. She has also completed her first novel, “The Doublewide,” which is available to read on her website. She lives in Chicago with her partner Richard and their dog Dude. See more at https://panngoe.wixsite.com/ann-goethals--writer
The Blind used to be a neighborhood bar in this far northern town at the edge of the world. And because of that, the interior had to rock. It had to be a place where people who inhabit the dark and cold latitudes could come in and find solace in alcohol and good cable […]