2020, the Year that Was
So, we’re in the last days of this already-infamous year. When we were young, twenty-twenty sounded like a year that science-fiction writers would have set cool futuristic novels to, but instead it became a year to get through, to weather, to comfort our friends who have lost family, to look out for the many people we know who have been sick (some long covid sufferers), to keep working, to devour the news, and to try to ignore the background worry that this thing circulating could be nothing, but equally could be nasty, debilitating, or even fatal. And yet, if you were lucky enough not to get ill, not to have close family get ill, not to lose your job, and you could put the covid anxiety aside, it has been a year with many positives. Thankfully for us, this was our 2020. Our jobs are interesting and busy, working from home is nothing new to us, and the lack of business travel, while frustrating, as also meant more time to appreciate our family, our house, our ...