Between the pandemic and a riot at the U.S. Capitol, life was looking a bit bleak in January 2021. All the gloominess in the air left even the chronically-upbeat Mary Lynn Taylor feeling, as she remembers, “saddened and heartsick.” Not being one to wallow in those kinds of feelings for long, though, she got busy instead. “I felt compelled to add a bit of unexpected light and kindness to the world around me,” said Taylor, who lives in Henrico County.