If I had a dollar for every time I was asked, "When will the library be open again," well, I would have a decent but indefinite sum of money, anyway.

Our community is tired of lockdowns, and there has been little COVID impact despite widespread flaunting of restrictions and regulations in town. The library district administration and some of the managers, however, are extremely fearful. Good news, though! It seems the elected board of directors wants to reopen, too. So now it is apparently down to the tedious task of *policy.* Ugh.

The latest proposal seems to include a strict mask mandate for all who enter district facilities, perhaps an appointment process to browse the stacks so we minimize numbers, and continuing our moratorium on meetings and events. It's better than nothing, but it still strikes me as more security theater to cater to the COVID Karens than anything else.

We will see.

Meanwhile, I have a bad sore throat today. Must be COVID, right? Maybe I should join the Chicken Littles and see if it's any fun.