Return to Blogging
I have been away from this blog for most of the year. In the months since my last post, I finished a novel and began another one. I’ve written some short stories and a couple of eulogies. I’ve done some reading, but not as much as I would like. Mostly, it seems, I’ve been watching the news.
When I look back on 2020, the early months of the year seem to be from a completely different time. The year started, as it always did, in January, but then it started over. For me, The Year of the Pandemic began on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s good to look back and recall a few things that happened before the pandemic, events that were still in the calendar year 2020.
You may recall that we nearly blundered into a war with Iran. Only quick action by our diplomatic corps kept our erratic and xenophobic president from pushing us over the brink.
The Democrats impeached President Trump. Adam Schiff bravely and methodically laid out a compelling case of corruption and abuse of power. Predictably, McConnell’s Senate utterly ignored him and all of his evidence, put Party over Country (again), and acquitted Trump.
The coronavirus spread across the country, starting in major cities and moving into the suburbs and rural areas. I remember March 16, anxiously conferring with work colleagues about next steps, when a region-wide shelter in place order was announced. My wife and I spent St. Patrick’s Day working from home, and except for a few brief forays into the office, we have been working from home ever since.
Now that it’s September, I wanted to come back and do a series of blogs leading up to the 2020 election. My plan is to do one a week. As always, I will try not to simply regurgitate the commentary of others, but say something new and relevant.
As a reminder, Good Reads took away my ability to see how many times my posts have been read. The only way I will know that you read this is if you press “like” and leave a comment. I encourage you to do so.
I also welcome you to go back and read my earlier posts, especially those about Trump from 2016 and 2017. You can see what I got right and what I got wrong. Feel free to like and comment on those posts, too.
Before I lost the ability to do so, I was tracking my blog read counts. There are two from 2018 that were my most read posts by far, and neither have to do with politics: “Sylph Sia vs Instagram,” posted on 2/11/18; and “Innovative Fanficton,” posted on 6/3/18. Check them out, too. Like and leave comments.
That’s all for now! Talk to you again next week!
When I look back on 2020, the early months of the year seem to be from a completely different time. The year started, as it always did, in January, but then it started over. For me, The Year of the Pandemic began on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s good to look back and recall a few things that happened before the pandemic, events that were still in the calendar year 2020.
You may recall that we nearly blundered into a war with Iran. Only quick action by our diplomatic corps kept our erratic and xenophobic president from pushing us over the brink.
The Democrats impeached President Trump. Adam Schiff bravely and methodically laid out a compelling case of corruption and abuse of power. Predictably, McConnell’s Senate utterly ignored him and all of his evidence, put Party over Country (again), and acquitted Trump.
The coronavirus spread across the country, starting in major cities and moving into the suburbs and rural areas. I remember March 16, anxiously conferring with work colleagues about next steps, when a region-wide shelter in place order was announced. My wife and I spent St. Patrick’s Day working from home, and except for a few brief forays into the office, we have been working from home ever since.
Now that it’s September, I wanted to come back and do a series of blogs leading up to the 2020 election. My plan is to do one a week. As always, I will try not to simply regurgitate the commentary of others, but say something new and relevant.
As a reminder, Good Reads took away my ability to see how many times my posts have been read. The only way I will know that you read this is if you press “like” and leave a comment. I encourage you to do so.
I also welcome you to go back and read my earlier posts, especially those about Trump from 2016 and 2017. You can see what I got right and what I got wrong. Feel free to like and comment on those posts, too.
Before I lost the ability to do so, I was tracking my blog read counts. There are two from 2018 that were my most read posts by far, and neither have to do with politics: “Sylph Sia vs Instagram,” posted on 2/11/18; and “Innovative Fanficton,” posted on 6/3/18. Check them out, too. Like and leave comments.
That’s all for now! Talk to you again next week!
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