Although the larder is full, we picked up chili at our favorite breakfast place in Milton, partially because we haven’t been able to have breakfast there for the past eight months, and because we are hoping to have breakfast there once again—as soon as there is a national covid plan.

It’s also nice not to have to cook—every so often.

This Albanian family was doing great—until the virus crippled their business. But they seem resilient and adaptive, and may well survive the pandemic.