I want to recommend a couple articles to you, Dear Reader.

The first was in the Washington Post by reporter Samantha Schmidt, regarding men who’ve found that amid the lingering pandemic, without sports and bars, they’ve lost access to their friendships, and are struggling for companionship. (Linked to here.)

Second, in last Sunday’s New York Times Magazine there was a fascinating profile of a psychology researcher about happiness I’d not known of, Philip Brickman, who directed a famous study about auto accident victims and lottery winners which compared their long term later life experiences. The brilliant Brickman later died by suicide. The NY Times writer, Jennifer Senior, does a great job of talking with Brickman’s old colleagues and family members, to make a rich profile of a brilliant and complex person. Note: it’s long. (Linked to here.)