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How has one year of the coronavirus pandemic changed you?
That was the question we posed to readers for the anniversary of the Bay Area’s first shelter-in-place orders on March 17, 2020. Approximately 200 people responded with tributes to the loved ones they lost, celebrations of the passions they found and reflections on trying to survive this strange and difficult time. Today, one year after we started sheltering, here is a selection of their responses, lightly edited for length and clarity.
Sarahbeth Maney, Special To The Chronicle
I ve walked and walked and walked. +
I ve been furloughed from my job since March 2020, so until the restrictions ease up enough to resume, I am home-based and without much of a schedule of appointments or commitments. So what have I done? I ve walked and walked and walked. I walk every day, usually for at least 2 or 3 miles, sometimes as far as 4 or 5 miles. For the past year, I haven t been anywhere that I couldn t walk to, but my southeast qu