For fear of exposure to the virus, the ambulance would not take Arlene and another little girl to the hospital: they were taken to the hospital in a hearse.

I answer the door and stare. I realize that most of my friends are, shall we say, unique, but this person has silver hair in an elaborate updo, a tutu, and ballet slippers. Also wings! Yep, those transparent fluttery things are definitely wings.