Meanwhile, people are getting vaccinated, and the CDC has reported that the vaccines are effective. Caution and optimism. We’ve tried to be courageous without getting ahead of the case rate, to make plans while anticipating reversals. That it’s exhausting and that we feel, at times, as Fitzgerald did, like “cracked crockery,” fragile and in need of careful handling? (Alan Tiegreen’s drawing of Ramona and her sister Beezus trashing the kitchen while making dinner remains especially vivid for me.)

Source: New York Times March 31, 2021 19:52 UTC