THINGS I MISS

I Miss Serendipity

Effortless interactions are hard when everyone is wearing a mask

Illustrations courtesy of the author.

At my local wine shop the other day, I clumsily followed the list of procedures to buy a bottle of wine: Present the bottle to the cashier; sanitize hands before swiping card; use a sanitized pen to sign; put the pen in the “used” jar; bag your own bottle. “Too many rules!” I…