Changing Rituals

I was going to call this post Pandemic Bites, but that seems too flip.

Years ago, before I was married, Id take staycations a lot. Id take a week off worklonger, if I could arrange days off around long weekendsand I would be home, free of obligations. Id sleep in, watch what I wanted on TV, not worry about what I was eating or when. This was largely pre-internet, but I had a computer I could play games on, and if I felt like it I could connect to Usenet for some on-line socializing.

It was...