Reconnecting

LIFESTYLE

The Bathtub Writer

PAULA ESTELLE JACKSON Reconnecting

Before the worldwide pandemic, the thought of putting space between you and someone you loved was foreign.

Then it happened. The news called it “social distancing,” but there was nothing social about it.

Lines marked on the floors of checkout lines, telling one where to stand, caused subtle paranoia.

Does she have Covid? Did he just cough? Did I bri…