Daily Jot: Words on the page

THIS IS BEING POSTED in the final few hours of 2021. Another hellacious year of sickness, divisiveness, cultural and economic strain. We’re all hoping for better things in the new year, but COVID won’t rest. So, it’s onward with flimsy expectations.
But expectations are mandatory. What choice do we have but to try to bring about a better year than the last two? And so, we work on it.