January 3rd, 2021
Goodbye and good riddance to most of 2020, and soon hopefully to this election cycle, which feels like it will never end.
It was chilly and windy today, but sunny, and I was glad to see the sun after a couple of rainy days. I feel like I'm not accomplishing very much, but I did get out for a while today. My dear neighbor and I walked our two miles down to the highway and back. We felt good about that, and had a chance to talk to one of our neighbors.
I was out of birdseed after the morning feeding, and although I'm sure they would have been fine, I drove to a nearby town to buy more so that they will have their usual feeding in the morning. Watching the birds has been an interesting and comforting pastime for me these last months while we have mostly sheltered here at home during the pandemic.
May God bless you all and with his mercy and grace bring us out of this dark time into better and brighter days in the future. We are excited and encouraged by the development of a vaccine. Glad for that, very glad. We grieve for those who have lost loved ones or been sick themselves, but it's good to have hope.
