I used to love writing these year-in-review posts. I’m not sure what has happened. Too many hard years, a pandemic, a website that feels like it no longer fits, embarrassment at past writing, a past self (the archives here date back to 2009 — YIKES)? I read someone else’s this past week, and something about it…

I take the end-of-the-year recap post seriously, but to be honest, I could not stomach putting one together in my usual format. 2017 has felt like a year of private horrors to me, and I’m not interested in reflecting on how little I feel like I accomplished because my energy and effort were needed elsewhere.…