What a year it's been! A year like no other! Let's hope we don't have to go through anything like this year in our lifetimes again. With life minimized with less freedom to do what we want I have managed to get right on top of my Christmas presents and cards.
Looking back on this year we've still socialized but in a very measured, socially distanced way. We've had friends over and made afternoon tea and gone to theirs for the same. One poor friend of ours had her chair quite close to a dip in the ground and she screamed as the chair started to go back but luckily she managed to save herself and her dignity. Very bad health and safety there, sorry about that S. We've walked with individual friends and couples too.
It was pleasant in the summer when everything eased up a bit, we brought our eldest grandson fishing, we should have done this earlier and have gotten a few more fishing days in but perhaps it didn't work out with lock down rules, I can't remember. We got to spend time with the grandchildren then in our daughters house and garden and we looked after them at times. I still miss them though, so glad we've got Facebook to see the photos and videos that our daughter posts.
At times I have been a bit against modern technology, lets say I'm very aware of the ills of it and this is why I did my final project on nature deficit disorder and wrote and illustrated my book 'Blue to Green' at university as a mature student. But I have to say technology has been our saving grace this year, it really has hasn't it?! What with Zoom calls for our drama groups quizzes, quizzes on Facebook, attending care calls for my step father Paul through Microsoft Teams. Not forgetting that there has been a whole lot of creativity on Messenger when our writing group gets together. I have to add here that the SWWJ have also hosted some great online events too! I very much enjoyed the interview with Charles Spencer. It's been great, but I won't lie I have sometimes got fatigued by it. Seeing and socializing face to face (breathing the same air) with those I have a laugh with but am not necessarily that close to has been sorely missed.
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