Jun 30, 2020

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CORONAVIRUS AND DAILY LIFE

The Spring That Wasn’t: Coronavirus and Experiencing Nature in Isolation

A fleeting glimpse of a passing spring left an indelible mark in memory and human experience: snippets of a fragmented diary about life in self-isolation in Virginia.

A picture from the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C.

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New York-based writer. Politics, culture, literary criticism, art, and technology. American political affairs, Turkey, MidEast, and beyond. Twitter: @abyasun

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CORONAVIRUS AND DAILY LIFE

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A fleeting glimpse of a passing spring left an indelible mark in memory and human experience: snippets of a fragmented diary about life in self-isolation in Virginia.

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