Easter was subdued and strange in Allen this year. There were no Easter church services this year. Stores were mostly locked and empty. Shopping centers in the cities are shuttered. There is no Annual Easter Egg Hunt in Allen City Park.
Here it is. Another week. Same old Corona virus. Well not really. But it does make me think of the old 1918 Spanish Flu that swept the world. In 1918 there was not much radio and no TV. News traveled slow.
The worst of long days? Who can say? Depends on where and who you are. And did it affect your life and where your live? My first awareness of wars came on a Sunday in December of 1941.
When a kid I nearly always welcomed a good snow. Even if it meant wading through the cow lot doing the milking and taking care of ungrateful livestock under bad conditions. Maybe close the school? For sure it changed the looks of things and hid the liter that covered our Oklahoma countryside.
Lots of things happened and/are happening during our lifetimes. Some are hard to believe and in fact, a lot of people don’t. Scientific stuff. Sometimes it’s surprising.
The new year has nothing to do with perfect vision even though it will be called 2020. It, like all the other new year’s just sort of sounds funny. And
I’m right on track for Christmas. Sunday’s week ago I made it to “Hanging of the Green” at First Baptist in Allen. A great and Christmassy program with lots of Christmas music. A good way to open the season.