“Social distancing” entered our lexicon — and before I realized it, I was waving goodbye to the sight of Ithaca skin for a year and a half. Lockdown, funnily, opened my eyes to the value of platonic touch — call it my platonic awakening? By the end of this past summer, I was starting to forget just how much I loved seeing Ithaca skin. Platonic touch. If the pandemic taught me to value platonic touch, maybe post-pandemic life will watch me put that lesson into practice.

Source: Daily Sun September 26, 2021 21:56 UTC