First, I Made A Wish

Lit Salon: A triptych of defiant hope

The last time I felt this scared, despondent, and paralyzed by uncertainty was in March 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic was shutting down Minnesota and the rest of the world.

Like everyone, I was terrified.

All my teaching and speaking engagements were abruptly cancelled, the security of my job at the University was uncertain, and my husband’s employer a…