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on to stay apart. Yet even as we must dis- tance ourselves from one another to pro- tect public health, nature remains one place where we can find a feeling of recon- nection. We're all feeling anxious. Sad. Bored. Scared. Overwhelmed. We're doing what we need to do to allow as many of us as possible to survive. That we've been thrust so suddenly into a time where we have to make such a concerted effort for our surviv- al and that of others is pretty nuts to begin with, but here we are. Attempting survival by waiting inside our homes for all of this to be over. But really, go outside. Get away from the computer, the phone, the television, the bed, the couch, the walls. Because what else can we do? In between keeping our own lives going, our own kids fed and their fears abated— while our own still are not—what else can we do? We need outside, the anti-quarantine to our pent-up, se- questered spring lives. Nature's sublime has always been, for many people, a solace. Cutting-edge science has con- firmed that time in natural areas helps us cope with stress and lowers anxiety. And who couldn't use a dose of calm right now, when the most virulent con- tagion seems to be fear? You don't have to go to some far-off national park to get the proven health benefits of nature. Most of us find our most in- timate relationships with the more-than-human in nearby nature—some path through suburban woods, the city-side beachscape, the garden full of birds. At a time like this, such places can reground us. They provide perspective: a reminder of different time scales, proof of resilience and recovery. In natural areas, we also get a good measure of space, a feeling of the world as big and wide.