Susan Ronhaar
Harmony, Calif.
To the Editor:
One benefit of 2020? Truthfully, Taylor Swift’s album “Folklore” from July and her new one, “Evermore,” in December. The music is superb, and at the very least she’s doing one thing productive in quarantine.
Dalia Pustilnik
New York
To the Editor:
What was good about 2020?
Not a factor. Not one damned factor.
John Medinger
Sedona, Ariz.
To the Editor:
For for much longer than we initially anticipated, all of us slowed down. We saved time on our commutes, many people picked up hobbies by no means thought attainable due to the time dedication (hiya, sourdough!), we graciously waited as co-workers found out their microphone points. Households and companions skilled a brand new mundane that grew to become the brand new regular, and younger adults throughout the nation discovered themselves dwelling with Mother and Dad — a present to at the very least a type of events.
Alexandra Davis
Chicago
To the Editor:
The one benefit of 2020 is that mates in Omaha, Chicago and Anchorage can attend the identical A.A. assembly in San Francisco that I attend.
Samantha Okay.
San Francisco
To the Editor:
My 2020 silver lining: video chats. (Actually.) My husband and I are fortunate to have a world internet of family and friends. I’m American, he’s Australian, we met in the UK and now reside in California. Our family members are unfold over San Jose, Sydney, Canberra, London, New York, St. Louis and Denver.
The 12 months 2020 has been a seemingly endless stream of heartache, however by no means have I ever felt so linked with family and friends. We began a every day household Zoom name when the primary quarantines began in March, and the decision remains to be going sturdy 9 months later. Generally individuals can’t make it, or they drop in for only a fast hiya, however it’s a every day reminder that even aside we’re linked by our mutual love and look after one another.
Thanks, 2020, for instructing me to not take friendships and household as a right and for displaying me that we don’t should be in the identical place to nurture {our relationships}.