Great Grandmother

I imagine that one of my strongest memories of the social distancing period will be visiting my great-grandmother over the phone outside her window. It’s interesting to think about what might be the necessary and sufficient conditions for “meeting” someone. Surely a phone call doesn’t constitute getting together. But even though we saw my grandma’s face, heard her voice, and were only one glass pane apart, it still felt like we hadn’t really met. – Ian Andvag