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Sorry- I had intended to leave the New Year to yesterday and on the Eve of 2021, relax with the fire in the background. I fully intended to have some happy thoughts about the end of this year and the start of another. Hopefully a better one. That is a pretty low bar.<\/p>\n
Instead, there was more looney stuff, not dramatically different, and thus not worth another elaboration. There will be plenty of time for that, I hope. We will obviously have some excitement in the next week or so, and it is worth letting that play out without trepidation. <\/p>\n
For now, anyway. <\/p>\n
In some other year, there might have been plans to head into town, maybe to the Copper Fish and have a modest good time. Get cleaned up, sport a fresh shave and show off the home-devised haircut. Share a good time.<\/p>\n
But sunset at the farm these days has a tendency to mark the start of evening shutdown. So, I am going to trust in tradition that the earth will continue to spin, and the sun will appear to rise again tomorrow, in the east.<\/p>\n
If you are staying up, Bless you. And take our best wishes from this year into the fresh memories of another better one to come. <\/p>\n
If you are not staying up, I will join you. Everything is going to be all right. I have that on the authority of a fortune cookie. There is only one Chinese Restaurant in town, but they are open and they deliver. It is a useful thing for this time of year. At least this one.<\/p>\n
Happy New Year!<\/p>\n
– Vic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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