Quarantine Diary: Pack animals
Daily Memphian
A J Quinlen
Addie Jo Quinlen is a native Memphian and student at the University of Richmond, class of 2021.
We’ve watched Memphis’ social distancing “grade” drop down to a D. I think it shows how bad we all are at staying away from each other. On a smaller scale – the me scale – I’ve been finding more and more ways to socially distance … with people.
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