Shelton-Mason County Journal - Dedicated to the citizens of Mason County, Washington since 1886

“Socks!”

I couldn’t remember the woman’s name who was walking toward me last week in the hall of the gym I go to. She worked in a drive-through coffee shop I frequented before the plague started. The shop closed, and I’ve seen her just once since then.

As she approached, I couldn’t remember her name, so I settled on trying to get her attention by saying the word “socks” when she was a step or two past me. She kept on.

She and I had deal going before the plague. Instead of me giving her a dollar tip for each cup of coffee I bought, she would keep a tally of each tip so she co...