October 25, 2020

Went downtown to stroll and rack up steps on my little counter. Haunted the Blue Spiral, figuring no one there would know I was there the night it opened. Had great red wine again at the little wine bar attached to the gallery. Everyone striding down the sidewalks wore a mask. The girl at the wine bar recognized me, mask and all, and quoted back to me what I had said about the valpolicella weeks ago. Listened to a conversation outside the AC Hotel between a young couple, deciding whether they were going to try to move to Asheville or not. I tried to send “No” telepathically through the air.