I know I’m way behind, but we have been incredibly careful about meeting with friends – to the point that we almost have lost the ability to make connections with people.  Every meeting now with friends is a big deal – we learn so much – the ways our friends have been entertaining and educating themselves – no one says much on zoom, and we don’t really chat on the phone.  It’s like we’ve forgotten all that sharing – but we seem to be beginning to exchange information again.  Today one friend reminded me that her daughter has a wine-tasting company that sends you different wines.  Another friend has flight tickets for next week. But most people believe that as soon as the election is over, we’ll go back into shut down, and everything will be back in the nightmare.