Friday, January 1, 2021

Welcome to 2021...Another Customary Crandall Blog to Keep Him Sane (& Kicking 2020 to the Curb)(k'poof)

 And we're here. 365 Days from last year, with absolutely no ability (or hindsight) to have predicted anything in the past year. I'm likely to kick off soon with a more developed recollection of 2020, but for this morning, January 1st, 2021, I want to get acclimated in a new space (with others who have been with me on this 14-year journey).


As always, there's a montage to accompany this day, and it's shorter than usual, because I tried to stay away from the grim, grey, and face-masked year that it was. Still, there were moments of life that were extra special and times when things almost seemed normal.*

customary: cus*tom*ar*y /ˈkəstəˌmerē

adjective: according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual. Of or established by law, tradition, and norms.

I am setting forth with another year that is Crandall customary, or customary Crandall, and aiming for 365 more days of routine mental meandering (that, and I am continuing my resolution to always return grocery carts back to the front of the store. 

Today is January 1st and like Janus I am looking behind and forward. Mom's 'fuck yeah' cookies are all gone (shared with others) and I can think about my new Sauconys, two-weeks of professional responsibility to the University, then a new semester of courses. My sabbatical report is written and only needs to be edited, and I have optimism that things will get better for all. We need it, too. 2020 is a year we will look back on with WTF? still on our shoulders. As Susan James said all year long, "FFS."

The montage captured what I could and provides my wish for a Happy New Year....Embrace all the possibilities. 

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