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Good News, Positive Trends and Stories of Resilience From an Awful Year

The long-lasting toll of this nightmare year has yet to be assessed. The December 14 issue of Time magazine hyperbolically declared 2020 “the worst year ever.” And yet, the past nine months of pandemic life have included numerous examples of Vermonters banding together to overcome challenges, doing their best with available resources and finding a way forward.

This article appears in Dec 16-22, 2020.

Margaret Grayson was a staff writer at Seven Days 2019-21. She now freelances for the paper, covering the art, books, memes and weird hobbies of Vermonters. In her spare time she dabbles as a pottery student, country music radio DJ and enthusiastic roaster of root vegetables.

Glynnis Fawkes’ book about Charlotte Brontë will be released in 2019 as part of the Center for Cartoon Studies’ graphic biographies series. Her comics have appeared online in the New Yorker. She lives in Burlington with her family. glynnisfawkes.com