Library patron When I read that 104-year-old children’s author Beverly Cleary died this March, I put her on my list and have checked out many of her books an
Balancing Caution and Optimism
Can we hold two thoughts in our heads?
A slice of Dorie Greenspan’s birthday baked alaska.Credit.Heami Lee for The New York Times. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Amy Wilson.
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We’re holding two facts in our minds these days: In some places, virus cases are rising; across the U.S., cases are up by about 20 percent from two weeks ago. Meanwhile, people are getting vaccinated, and the CDC has reported that the vaccines are effective. These two realities often seem to be at odds with one another. Virus and vaccine. Caution and optimism. The fact that things are scary, the fact that there is hope.