This is an opinion column

As I’ve written in this space before, the same thing happens each February. It’s something I can count on. In the next week or so, I’ll be getting an anonymous, handmade Valentine’s card. It’s not really anonymous because I know who sent it. It’s not really a Valentine’s card, but a postcard. The image is computer-generated and changes from year to year. Last year it was a stick figure with heart shaped hands, or maybe that was year before last.