Daryln Brewer Hoffstot

On a Pennsylvania Farm, ‘Nature Is Not Just Carrying On’

Quarantine in the country means fresh air and space, but a writer’s sense of good fortune is darkened by the state of nature. “What I’m observing is unsettling,” she says.

My hope is that when the pandemic releases its grip, when the world speeds up again and we return to work and school, when there’s less time to watch birds and weed a victory garden, that we remember what Covid-19 has taught us: that our health and our planet’s health have never been more intertwined — and to take care of the planet is to take care of ourselves.
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Ms. Hoffstot is a freelance writer living on a farm in western Pennsylvania.