In March of last year, most everything stopped. And we waited. For toilet paper, replacement appliances, routine medical procedures, work, live music, visits with family, visits with friends. You have your own list. Sometimes, it felt like time stopped, that we were frozen in our particular bubbles, while the virus hopped from host to host, finding every avenue in, killing or weakening so many, while giving immunity to others. Then the vaccine arrived, and we had our weeks of the summer of yes before Delta. And something that was already ugly, got uglier. American polarization.

In the year of Covid, our backyards were all we had. I made the most of that, and I hope you did, too. But, it's time to go. Abroad. Get vaccinated. And get going. The world needs us, and, for sure, we need the world!