Praise then darkness, and creation unfinished

I think I am, finally, close enough to "over this cough" to go back to doing things more or less as normal, given that my definition of "normal" currently includes wearing a mask into stores whether or not they require it, and I did use the inhaler last night.

So, I spent last night with adrian_turtle. Further touches of normalcy: I helped a stranger find her bus stop yesterday, and I was delayed by the North Cambridge traffic jam. Which is not incredibly famous, but has been consistent for many years, with a gap during the pandemic.