Christmas Letter 2020

Merry Christmask!

Christmas 2020 will go down in history  as the Covid Christmas -- not soon to be forgotten and hopefully never to be repeated.

It's time to start believing in Santa Claus.  Really.  Lord knows we need something that we can all believe in. 

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Dear Santa:
  Please bring us the gift of unity before this nation completely flies apart into red and blue fragments.

Please bring the leaders of this country the gift of public service so they start doing what's right for the people and not just themselves.  Bring them the gift of humility so they realize they don't know it all and will listen to those who do ;-)  Bring them the gift of cooperation so they realize not everything has to be a divisive issue and they can work together to defeat a common foe.

Please bring the people the gift of belief in science, education, and rational thought.  Not everything is rumor,  hoax, or fake news.   The threats to this nation are real.  Bring them the wisdom and common sense to see through the "Fake Divisions" the politicians are foisting upon us.  We should be, we must be, one nation and a united people.

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Being retired, we have not suffered the economic devastation (loss of job, loss of business) that's afflicted so many.  Since we live in the country, our daily routine has been far less affected than many of those in cities.  For that we are truly grateful.

We've taken the covid threat very seriously.  We've done almost no travel, and almost no music. I don't think I've been to a restaurant all year.  We limit our hands on shopping to the essentials and stay home as much as possible.

Too bad somebody didn't think of this --  it could have been a great Christmas slogan/campaign:
"This year EVERYONE has a chance to play Santa.  The greatest gift you personally can give to your fellow Americans is to wear a mask and stop the spread."

  Merry Christmask!!

Farm Report

 We currently have six head of chicken.  We'll probably get more in the spring.  Lots of blackberries this year.  Hay crop was decent.  I still run the garden year around and am still eating fresh picked kale and spinach.

Construction Report

We've gone from construction to repair.  There's always something.

Music Report

We had a very pleasant picking on New Year's day.  We had a couple more pickings in January and early Februrary and then covid killed the music for the rest of the year.

In March, just days before things started shutting down, Trish took an offer to buy an additional bass. It's one that she had admired for years and had told the owner to “let me know if you ever decide to sell it.” Well, the owner called, made the offer, and Trish jumped on it. The only problem is she hasn't had a place to go to show it off.

I've added a couple of DumpTrump video clips to the Cacophony page.  Unfortunately, they are as apropos now as when I wrote/recorded them several months ago.  Warning -- it's definitely not the music it's the message!

 

Anyone passing this way is always welcome to drop in and sit a spell. Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful holiday season and we wish you all the best for the coming year.