Fruitful

Welp. Hot Cake Summer turned out … not so peachy.

My only travel was a day trip to New Hope, Pennsylvania, to see the stage show of Is There Still Sex in the City? It was inconvenient to be there without a car and that inhibited field research. I had mapped plans to visit a cupcake shop, but opted not to pay handsomely for a ride there.

When life gives you lemons peaches …

… bake cake.

It’s almond cake — in recognition of all that’s nutty in the world.

“So much for a ‘Hot Vax Summer,’” reads the NYT headline. NPR reports on “How A Summer Of ‘Yes’ Is Ending In A Cloud Of Uncertainty For The Economy.”

Here are two more analyses of this viral moment, one which modified Hot Cake Summer into a local project.

For The New York Times, I wrote about the wonderful, unforgettable, and deeply, deeply strange summer of 2021.https://t.co/gFZ8aER40e

— Luke Winkie (@luke_winkie) September 3, 2021

Psychologically, is the current chapter of Covid perhaps the most challenging? Our marching orders are fluid–less like orders than like caveats, nudging us not toward obedience but toward wisdom, which is even harder. My column/newsletter >>> https://t.co/Mx8A1TS4qa

— Frank Bruni (@FrankBruni) September 2, 2021

Ever hopeful, I’m consuming this message.

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And this one, indefinitely.