Okay, 2021, don’t let the door hit your butt on the way out.
We started this year with with such high hopes! But here we are with the same damn pandemic, the same anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, and polarized politics.
Well, not everything is actually dreadful… but honestly, 2021, I’m very disappointed in you! You’re fired. Let’s see how your replacement does.
Meanwhile (no longer apostrophizing to the departing year ) I hope your holidays gave you some joy. Mine did, as I got to spend some time with some fully -vaccinated pals on Christmas Eve-eve. Food, conversation and board games!
Also, I’ve been recently tested and appear to be COVID-free. Also good. A Very Long Line was involved, over an hour and a half wait, during which I read more of James S. A. Corey’s Leviathan Falls. Those guys have such a good grasp of pacing, and characterization, and the apt word. It’s inspiring to read something that good.
With my sister off in Florida, I feel no guilt whatsoever at trying to maintain a deep-dive on my current project (not the next Steerswoman book, as I know you are about to ask; taking a breather on that). I’m at that stage where you can’t stop thinking about it, but the parts that keep attracting you are not the parts to which you should be paying attention right now —
So it’s sort of: Come on, settle down, pay attention, get this bit right, you’ll be much happier and things will move better overall…
I’m going to give myself January, and see how things sit then.
And… If I don’t post this soon, it will be 2022 already! So…
Let’s all thrive next year, okay? Like my lucky bamboo!
Lucky bamboo is theoretically the easiest plant to care for, since you just stick one end in water, and make sure it never runs dry. This is one that I’ve had for something like 10 years, maybe more:
It lives in my office and asks for nothing but sun and water.
I gave it lights this year, as reward for its perseverance. I do believe it likes them, as it’s grown at least four inches in the last month, specifically (so I suspect) to show them off.
So: the simple things, plus a little extra shine. Good prescription for 2022, I think.