What are your plans for Thanksgiving? When my daughter asked a month ago if I wanted to go to her house for Thanksgiving, I said, “I’d like to.” We both realized a lot depended on the health of those involved as well as conditions related to the coronavirus.

One consideration was that I haven’t been outside of Alva since last Christmas. That was a trip to Ponca City to celebrate with family. While my daughter has come to Alva a handful of times, my travel has been limited.

This was brought home to me recently when I took my car in for a recall repair. A couple of days before my appointment, a...