Not Everything Is Terrible, Volume 2

Ed. note: Now, even more than last year, it’s easy to believe that literally every single thing on this earth is broken, awful, and/or doomed. But it’s not true. Some things (not all, but some!) are good. Here are a few of the things that gave us hope, lifted our spirits, and gave us a more realistic—that is, marginally less doomy—perspective.

Ann: I figured out how to see that the moon is lit by the sun and thank you, Becky; I look at it every...