February 3, 2021 Lisa Bonos THE WASHINGTON POST – Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Betty Conner, a 71-year-old retiree, was suddenly feeling very young. She was consumed by a crush on a boy (nay, a man!) who was at once familiar and a bit of a mystery. His name was Peter Nickless and he lived in Baja California, on a sailboat called Expectation. Betty had known Peter nearly all her life. One of hundreds of people who had passed through it, largely unnoticed. But it took a contagious virus, and half a century, for the realisation to arrive: She wanted to be with him.