This morning, we took a small step towards emerging from our isolation. Nothing major, nothing unwise, nothing unallowed. But new for us. And sort of nice.
I woke up early and bugged Chad to take a walk with me. So far that is pretty much the new normal. Today, however, we walked *to* somewhere. The espresso machine at home is having emotional problems, having cracked from the strain of so much extra use over the last couple of months, and while we have other ways of making coffee substances at home, I thought it would be nice to walk to downtown and get coffee.
It was lovely and quiet out. When we got to the coffee shop we found that they had a table set up at the door for online orders only, so I downloaded the app, made an order, and 8 minutes later the fancy coffee magically appeared. Next time, I will know the drill and make the order a couple of blocks before we get there. There was a good spot outside in the downtown plaza to sit and sip.
As we drank our coffee, it occurred to me that it was farmers market day, so we wandered down Murphy to see how they were managing that, and to our surprise and delight, it was calm, well-laid out and not at all busy at the early hour that we were there. The organizers have spread everything out over a much larger area than normal, everyone was masked, and individual booths have figured out ways to minimize and or eliminate contact. We bought some berries and fancy mushrooms, and walked back home, savoring the happy discovery. It may just have to become a new habit!
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