Greetings,

Well, here it is, the last day of 2020.  I'd like to say I was happy for it to be over, that I was confident the coming year will prove to be a good one for all, but that is simply not true.  What I see coming is more of the same shit - both for me and everyone else impacted by the strange world we now find ourselves in.  More lockdowns, more authoritarianism than you can shake a stick at, more division as the carefully orchestrated political and social engineering continues its inexorable path toward extinction of our freedom, and those on the right reveal their true sociopathic nature.
Not that the left is really any better.  Biden showed his true colors today when he appointed 'Mr. Monsanto' as head of the USDA.  This does not bode well, nor does the news he plans on trying to 'work with' the same sociopaths that have tried their best to help the orange idiot currently in the White House stage a coup, and who repeatedly have shown themselves to nothing but puppets for corporations and the narcissists that own and run them.
If we, as a people, do not get our priorities straight in the coming year, if we do not realize just how rotten the system has become, and begin to take steps to correct it, then things will continue to get worse.  It would be nice if we could correct things, cut out the infection, before it kills the patient, but I fear things will continue to spiral until it collapses, and we will once again be forced to rise from the ashes.  The powerful are taking steps to make sure only they survive, so it is in the best interest of everyone else to make sure this does not happen, in my opinion.
For me, personally, I see 2021 as a year wherein I may finish 2 or possibly three books, which is a good thing creatively, but financially, I know things will be harder, as they will likely be for everyone.  I do not market my books as I should; I'm too busy writing and designing in addition to the other hats I'm required to wear, and this is not likely to change in the coming year.  If anything, things will most likely be even busier, the struggle to survive harder, and the returns even more sparse.
A grim picture, overall.  For me, as a victim of emotional abuse and a gender-biased and corrupt court system, I have found little to know help for the physical and mental damage that continues to plague me. Anxiety and depression are rampant these days, and for me, the abuse I suffered exacerbated both these conditions.  The next year is sure to have me facing these with increased severity, and the only means I have to combat them are my creative pursuits and the company of my little girl.
Hopefully, they will be enough.
I give my best wishes to all my friends, and to the world at large, and hope they have a happier year in the coming days than what they were given in 2020. One thing is for sure - in order to have a brighter future, we will all need to work toward it.

Until Next Time -


 