Holidays 2021

 It's been another interesting year, hasn't it?  For me the word that best characterizes these times is:  uncertainty.  Uncertainty plays out in almost every sphere of our lives: the economy, the climate, politics, societal shifts  and has served to keep me pretty close to home. much as I love to travel.  So no Mexico this past year and no Mexico in the coming year unless things change dramatically..... for the better.  In the meantime, staying at home has many positives chief among them the presence of my daughter, Charlotte, and her family here in Victoria, just five blocks away.  They took the plunge and moved to Victoria from southern Washington.  Now I have the joy of them being in my life on a regular basis.  It's been a dream come true.     Ryan, Lucien, Charlotte   In their curiosity about their new home environs, they've exposed me to places I've never been.  On Ryan, my son in law's, birthday we drove ...