Here we go, headlong and bemasked, into what might be a protracted holiday season for many – should part-time residents hitch their vacation wagons to the state’s most perfect place to await vaccines, i.e. the hereabout shore. Welcome, one and all. We sorely need all the help we can get to unmask some holidayness.

Above, I’m referring to a goodly load of off-Island folks who have told me they intend to have a “quiet” on-Island Thanksgiving and Christmas, with something of a lockdown flavor…