Reality comes home to Emma, Bigfoot's on the porch

Fair warning: I’m not going to be very funny this week. I’ll try, as appropriate, to give you a giggle or two, but there’re certain things you can’t and shouldn’t make a joke out of. I’m really sorry, but I can’t think of anything else to write – I’m having a hard time thinking of anything else, period. (Believe me, if I could, I would.)

A relative is sick. It might be COVID.

I’ll go ahead and answer some of your questions right now: Circumstances are such that I’m not worried about my own health. As of this writing, there’s no confirmed diagnosis (hence the “might be” in front of “COVID”) and...