No parties, no problem: Introverts don't mind sheltering at home

Burrell, a massage therapist whose home-based business has been shuttered in the coronavirus disease outbreak, feeds her chicken Speck in her backyard in Seattle, Washington, United States April 4. — Lindsey Wasson/Reuters

With her painting, baking and near-constant gardening, Stephanie Hollowell kept busy at home even before efforts to stem the coronavirus pandemic meant she had to stay inside the Dallas, Texas house she calls her little kingdom.

She didn't invite people to come taste her prizewinning cookies, or sample the sweet ground cherries that she grows. A proud introvert, public health orders to stay put suited her just fine.