Three months on a semi-remote island. The longest retreat of my life. I was very nearly sequestered, with almost no news from the outside world and very little contact with other people. And then, I come back to learn there is a global pandemic. That one of the hotspots is Italy, where all my relatives live. It was like that episode of Big Brother.
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