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By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com Like most people I am tired of this pandemic and being stuck at home without much change from one day to the next. Sometimes, I forget what day of the week it is or the day of the month. My partner suffers from a chronic lung condition so we are very careful with our interactions and we have kept our visits with others on a very limited basis. Even when we do see people, we meet outdoors and stay socially distanced at two meters. After two years of Covid19 restrictions and careful social distancing we find ourselves adapting to a new normal in our way of living. In some ways this new normal reality does not bother me as much as most people because I have… <\/p>\n

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By Xavier Kataquapit www.underthenorthernsky.com Like most people I am tired of this pandemic and being stuck at home without much change from one day to the next. Sometimes, I forget what day of the week it is or the day of the month. My partner suffers from a chronic lung condition so we are very careful with our interactions and we have kept our visits with others on a very limited basis. Even when we do see people, we meet outdoors and stay socially distanced at two meters. After two years of Covid19 restrictions and careful social distancing we find ourselves adapting to a new normal in our way of living. In some ways this new normal reality does not bother me as much as most people because I have... <\/p>\n

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