With the new protocol, not touching your face with your hands due to the virus threat I realized that an ancient familiar adolescent admonishment was reactivated. With some pleasure I was wiping my nose on my sleeve. It didn’t occur to me at first why this seemed so satisfying. At seventy-one years old the adolescent rebellion lives and defying the directive gave me a special pleasure.
Every year for as long as I can remember beginning in late March through April I have my worst allergies. In the time of the pandemic this is not good timing, No one wants a runny nose or chest congestion now. This week with a series of sunny dry warm days, the streets are colored with yellow pollen. My daily exercise is a walk, it is unavoidable, the gym and my swimming pool is closed. However this year almost everyone is wearing a face mask as recommended. I look like everyone else! I have several masks. The mask protects me from the pollen floating in the air. I have allergies this year, but to date they have not been severe or debilitating. Now everyone can have a mask.
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