SAN DIEGO — Jane Jones resides in a senior independent living facility in San Diego's Mission Hills neighborhood.
The library and lounge areas where she lives have been closed since near the start of the pandemic. She rarely gets to visit with friends or family.
Jane wrote former Padres manager Jayce Tingler letters in her neat cursive once or twice a month. (He kept the letters, and she is one of the very few to whom he ever responded.) Jane is also one of the most frequent emailers to this writer . Her missives, always sent from her iPad, are overwhelmingly positive even in the midst of losing streaks and clubhouse upheaval and friends passing away and family get-togethers being canceled.
