2021 has been a wild ride. Personally, I had 2 major surgeries to my right shoulder and left knee. I'm still recovering from both and it promises to be a slow process which will drag into the middle of the new year. As I am finding out, old muscles, tendons and bones don't heal as fast at 69 as they did at 21! The same could be said of our country after a year of relentless attacks on our democracy.
Cheeto Benito and his merry band of nihilist enablers in Congress and many states did their best to overthrow the free and fair election of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in November. We will endure at least one more chance for an authoritarian takeover of the White House on January 6, when both houses of congress meet to certify the electoral vote. While there is no chance of that happening, the effort will continue to weaken many American's faith in our system of government. Cynical opportunists like Missouri senator Josh Hawley will cheerfully contribute to the chaos in an effort to emerge as the spiritual successor to tRump.
Climate change continues apace with another withering year of wildfires on the west coast and major hurricanes and soaking rainstorms in the east. Our denial of human induced changes will cause more weather related catastrophes in coming years.
The pandemic that has ravaged the country and killed nearly 350.000 people since March has exposed the problems that can occur when you elect an ignorant narcissist to the most powerful office in the world. It didn't have to be this bad, but tRump seems to have taken incompetence to a new level as Covid 19 claims more than 3000 people every day.
I have been reminded by my beautiful daughters I am rapidly becoming a grumpy old man as i continue to rail against the political and climate situations. I plead guilty on many occasions, but when I see my grandchildren I am usually moved to a more optimistic position. Their cheerful interactions with the world give me hope the next generation will make more head way against the problems facing us than my generation was able to.
I wish everyone reading this a happy, healthy New Year and a renewed zest for life on this beautiful world.
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