As always: many of us get too many emails already, even before this pandemic. So, if you would like to be removed from this email list, please feel free to say so. (No reason needed; and you won’t be the first to do so.)
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Sunday, January 17: To you who are receiving these emails. I can't call you my subscribers, as you did not choose to get them. I chose you from the different parts of my life, and added your email address to my list. One of you wrote back to me briefly recently: "I don't always read your emails, but I enjoy getting them". Such honesty, and I mean that. Very refreshing in a world of we humans who often hide our real thoughts behind a mask (and I don't mean a pandemic mask). Thanks to that "reader" for their honesty.
Monday, January 18: Martin Luther King Jr Day. A tribute to MLK, and those many who came before and after, including Stephen Douglas, Rosa Parks, John Lewis, Stacey Abrams, Raphael Warnock, and John Ossoff. The fight for complete justice will never end, but we can hope that the arc is bending in the right direction. This pandemic has highlighted some of the injustices in America, not just for Black Americans, but for other struggling groups as well. Meanwhile, reports of lawyers taking fees to try to influence POTUS45 in his last days as president to pardon convicted felons; will the swamp ever be cleaned out?
Tuesday, January 19: Our one daughter Ashley and a daughter-in-law Tracy are both nurses, and they both have gotten at least their first vaccinations. Vaccinations are starting for us "over-65" crowd. As mentioned in an earlier email, my cousin in Ada King and her husband Don went about a week ago for their COVID shots in Florida, but had to turn back when the supply available that day was far exceeded by the number of oldsters who showed up. Latest reports are that cousins in the Bay Area are scheduled for this coming week, a friend in NoCalif wine country for early February, and a friend in No Carolina for mid-February. LA county is the largest (by population) county in the USA; almost 10 millions souls, and almost twice as large as the next one, Cook County, IL (Chicago).
This is a huge undertaking and I hope it goes smoothly, but so far no real information from our primary care doctor or our local CVS. Until then, we have become more cautious, in part due to the new variants of the virus that are about. No more in-store grocery shopping at Whole Foods and Trader Joes senior hours. We are now doing curbside pickup at Whole Foods and Ralphs. It feels like we are just waiting for the cavalry to save us.
For tomorrow, Inauguration Day: This from an 88-year-old Park La Brea neighbor and friend, Wanda Sanders:
"Because of the current pandemic President Elect Biden and Vice-President Elect Harris will not be honored with the traditional inaugural ceremonies. Moreover, our democratic republic has been under tremendous stress and division over the past four years. I suggest the nation celebrate the inauguration of a new president and the hope for a better future by ringing bells throughout the nation. At 12 Noon (EST) as President Biden is sworn in, let every church bell, bells at educational institutions, as well as those of private citizens, ring out in a show of national celebration. Please spread this suggestion by sending it to your friends, social cotacts, elected leaders and local and national news sources. Thank you. Wanda Sanders"
New Year 2021 starts for many of us tomorrow. Best of hopes and wishes for the New Year.
Coleman
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