Everyone in Italy has felt the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic.  For Adam Rugnetta, an American teacher living in Milan, they've shaped his life for much of the past year.  As an author and illustrator, one of the ways he found to process the situation was to draw – at least the first time round.

"I was able to weather the first lockdown because I was writing my book, Beyond Choice. So while I was saddened for the suffering, inside my home everything was going well," he tells The Local.