The Big Lift - At the market this past Friday. Uncomfortableness at the market cycles. Now post another mask mandate that lasted for months we are back to the masked and the not. Not many KindLoooks.

A women older than I am and claiming less vertical space than me had, by no small feat, grabbed a liter of milk off the top shelf of the refrigerated compartment. She then determined that it was not what she wanted and was trying, on her tip toes, to put it back where it came from against the gravity of the other cartons that slide down to take its space. Bless her for not just setting it somewhere else.

I saw, asked if I could help, and she looked up at me surprised across the mask differential and said, "yes, thank you." I said,
"no problem, it's hard." She said, "especially when you are short." I just smiled. It made my day. I have been really missing connecting with strangers.

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