Downtown walk around.

Todd and Toby have pretty much taken over the store and are doing all the work. I think I’ll let them. I’m no good at renovations—I’d probably just get in the way.

Linda and I walked around downtown instead. It was a great chance to look in all the windows. I was amazed by how many businesses I didn’t know. I’ve just lost track.

Dropped into Mountain Coffee and talked to Gordon, the owner. Turns out he reads this blog—or used to read it when I was talking about things other than writing. So we exchanged some gossip and information. Interesting changes happening downtown all over the place.

More businesses than I expected have taken the route of completely closing for the duration, even restaurants.

I think some businesses are being a little casual about letting customers in. I really believe that keeping people indoors for more than a month or so is very difficult. Things are starting to fray, even among those who believe the virus is dangerous. (And I do, very much so.)

Several stores are doing renovations, it looks like, from major to cosmetic. 

I'm just trying to be patient and wait until we can go back to business. We're going to lose money--no way around that. But we can weather it.