How the pandemic separated one family

Eugene Shiro picking mushrooms. For centuries, Russians have picked edible mushroom to use for cooking.

This is an edible mushroom that is called porcini. It’s usually used in soups, stews and fried with potatoes.

Shiro and his friends went berry picking. These are lingonberries, which mostly grow in pine forest.

Shiro chopping firewood for the fireplace inside the house.