Updated 1/28/2021 6:23 AM
Staying in place during the pandemic has led some of us to discover new skills. Who doesn t know people who proudly posted photographs of freshly made loaves of bread they baked?
But this week s snow made me realize the pandemic isolation also has eroded some skills, such as the ability to drive fearlessly on snow-packed roadways.
Honed by years of daily driving to the newsroom and across the far-flung boundaries of the Daily Herald circulation area to interview column subjects, I ve become immune to wet roads, icy roads, bitter cold, fog, blinding sun, tailgaters, pokey drivers, fast drivers, massive trucks, and drivers and deer who never use turn signals.