Radio Topia. From PRX is Radiotopia. This is Radio Diaries. I'm Joe Richmond.

As the infamous year of 2020 comes to a close, we've been revisiting our series

honkerdown diaries. We recently heard from Joe and Anita, the centenarians in

Florida. They're back in lockdown after 10 people tested positive for COVID at their senior living community.

And in the last episode we checked in with Golly and Joshua.

Back in March, they decided to quarantine together after the very first date.

Today on the show we're revisiting two more stories.

Francesca Montnaro is an 11 year old who was going to school in her dad's pizzeria,

that's later.

But first, love from six feet apart.

Most of the country is social distancing in public,

but some people are doing it under the same roof.

Robert Jackson is 71 and had a kidney transplant four years ago.

His immune system is severely compromised.

His wife Wendy Jackson is a pediatric emergency room doctor.

She runs the risk of being exposed to the coronavirus at work.

So the couple made the difficult decision to live together six feet apart.

They interviewed each other at their home in North Laurel, Maryland.

Are you comfy and? I am. Nice comfy sofa. Ready to roll. Okay. We are in our basement where I like to hang out in our house.

It is the man cave, definitely not my natural habitat.

There's a bunch of turntables, a couple million CDs maybe, a huge TV screen.

Wendy is about six feet from me. She's setting on a sofa. I'm setting on a love seat that's

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