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Photo by Liz Copan / Studio Copan     In late December 2019, the world was anticipating the excitement and possibilities of a new decade. A presidential election was approaching as people watched politicians vying for the Democratic Party nominee. The world was readying itself for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. In Summit County, visitors flocked to local ski resorts to enjoy their winter vacations. No one was thinking about sourdough starters. A year later, Summit County, along with the rest of the world, looks a lot different than it once did. People line up to enter grocery stores. Customers...

On camera, she sometimes wears a cardigan sweater, albeit sans zipper. She uses that soothing, evenly modulated voice that can entrance even the most rambunctious little ones. She looks straight into the camera and talks directly to the audience, wide-eyed, with genuine childlike wonder. Mari Soliday is, it seems, Mr. Rogers incarnate. “No,” said Soliday, blushing beneath her COVID-19 mask, “because I don’t change my shoes (on camera).” Fair enough. But since March, when the pandemic essentially shut down all programs at the Museum of Northern Arizona, Soliday has hos...