We're zipping along through 2021, finishing the final turn before we hit the straight-away that will take us to the end of this year and plant us firmly in the third decade of the 21st century.This week connections and threads are starting to show themselves. The work publishers and the retailers who sell their wares did during the early days of the pandemic may be paying off. I'm seeing sales rise, in some cases to or past 2019 levels. Efficiencies are up. Subs may be leveling off, but they're holding steady, for the most part. Can we maintain this?