Just wear the mask!

As the Pandemic reaches closer to home, it seems many of us are just over it. We have heard for months now to stay home, social distance, wear a mask - “the new normal.” It’s become a regular thing to show up to the bank looking like a robber. I can hardly recognize anyone these days with their faces covered and bundled up against the cold. I remember early on wearing a mask into the store and being mocked by the cashier.

Late last winter-early spring, I stocked the pantry and the medicine cabinet, preparing for the worst. All that got me was an overfilled kitchen with no place to store anythi...