I’m Giving Up the Indoors for Lent

Time to get out and about after a pandemic-focused year

I’ve never been afraid to get out and about in my PJs. COVID Times won’t be different. Photo: Author’s archives

Tuesday is Fat Tuesday. Also known as Shrove Tuesday — and the time before COVID Times of Mardi Gras in NOLA, Carnival in Rio and elsewhere and other bacchanalian pursuits — February 16 is the last day before Lent begins. Lent, the traditional “fasting” period before Easter Sunday, usually involves Christians…