
MEEKER I I haven’t heard the timeworn phrase, “It is what it is,” so much lately. Before Covid vaccinations were available, quite a few of us seemed to blurt those five little words out midstream in conversation, often accompanied by a commonly recognized gesture conveying total exasperation: both arms extended to convey the unasked question, “What are ya going to do?”
Literally throwing our arms up collectively during those days was acceptable and a statement…

