We Know What You Did Last Summer

Among minor casualties of the COVID-19 pandemic—at least in my neighborhood— were troops of parents and young children going door to door for Halloween, wearing costumes with masks that were not N95s. In those years, leaving a bucket of candy out on the stoop with a “Have at it!” sign became an enduring option. 
Back then, the diminution of trick-or-treaters reflected pandemic-era losses in social connectedness at large. Fortunately, as with other shared cultural ex