2021 Life Logs, Day 24: Very, Very Quiet
Date: Sunday, January 24, 2021
Weather: Mostly Cloudy, Still Windy; High 32, Low 20 Degrees F
Location: At Home in The Cottage, East Falmouth, MA
It was a very, very quiet day around here. I didn’t see another person, not even on my long neighborhood walk with Shadow, and I didn’t talk to another person until just now when I called my sister for our daily check-in. I usually see Heather and family most every day, but I think we were both spending the day just catching up. January has been a busy month. First, we were all glued to our televisions watching the storming of the United States Capitol. Then we had the impeachment in the House, followed by the inauguration and the first days of the new administration. So, for people like me who follow the news closely, I have spent much of the month keeping track of happenings. January is also the month that many health and gardening docu-series are launched, and I have been watching those. These docu-series are rolled out, one program a day. But at the end of the series, there is always a weekend where all of the episodes are available one last time. That was this weekend, so I spent part of my day watching those episodes I had missed. And then there has been football. Because of my love of die-hard Cleveland Browns fans and Buffalo Bills fans, I have watched a couple of football games each weekend. Now it is down to the Kansas City Chiefs against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for the Super Bowl. New England’s beloved Tom Brady is no longer a Patriot. He abandoned us to become a Buccaneer. Now he will be going to the Super Bowl (for the 10th time) with a new team. He is almost old enough to be the father of the quarterback for the Chiefs, a 25 year-old that is making football history of his own. So, the Super Bowl will be a match of quarterbacks and will be interesting to watch no matter who you are cheering on. But it looks like we have a break for a couple of weeks before the Senate impeachment trial and the Super Bowl. I have absolutely nothing on my calendar until Friday, February 6, when I take Shadow to the groomer. My goal is to use these next two weeks to truly catch up on the long list of things on my To Do list. Wish me luck.
I want to pass along a link to another opinion piece from The Guardian that Jo’s father sent to me this morning. It is interesting to read about the perceived impact Joe Biden’s election might make on British politics.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/24/hurrah-for-triumph-of-the-centrist-dad-but-dont-discount-joe-bidens-radicalism
