By Brian Theodore Local columnist Jul 29, 2021 Brian Theodore American author, Bruce Barton once said, âSometimes when I consider what tremendous consequences come from little things, I am tempted to think there are no little things.â In relation, as life attempts to claw its way back to normalcy, reeling from the tragedies incurred by the coronavirus, I fear some of the little things in life have not returned to normal. And the coronavirus has become a blame-all to some unchanging problems incurred during the pandemic. For example, if you are planning on building something soon, the price of lumber is shocking. It rose during the pandemic and has not come back down. Also, why havenât grocery prices returned to normal - eggs? ketchup? meat? If a person wants a steak from certain grocery stores, they better be willing to invest a nice sum. I am not a big fan of steak, but I was walking by a meat display the other day and observed a package of 3 average steaks that cost almost $40. Seriously, if a man were to eat a steak while sitting on a piece of new plywood, heâd have to be pretty well off.