Isolation

As I begin my fourth month in quarantine here in the People’s Republic of China, I am thinking alot of my time in the desert on the Arabian Peninsula and Turkmenistan (where I had the privilege to live twice) and my annual adventures summering in a yurt on the steppe in Mongolia. I am grateful for my prolonged experiences of isolation in many remote landscapes (where I usually do not have access to the internet like I currently do in China) to help me stay sane and resilient in quarantine for months to come.