A Dead End Year

What, if anything, have we learned from COVID? That there will never be a new normal.

This year, like every year, I went to visit my folks in Croatia for winter break. Unlike in normal times, we didn’t have the kind of boisterous Christmas where we saw extended family and friends. People of my parents’ generation are getting on in years, and most were nervous about gathering given the virus (even though everyone I know is vaccinated). La…