Yes, It Can Happen To You

In case you’re doubting, this is what Covid feels like.

Photo by Ed Leszczynskl

I gardened that day. Pushed wheelbarrows full of rich loamy Oregon compost to the raised beds and worked the fertile goodness into last year’s soil with a digging fork.

It was sunny and warm. Small drips of sweat ran down my forehead. I opened up the irrigation from its winter’s sleep, then stuck my…