The second half of the month started with news both good and bad. The good news was that the city school district voted to allow the start of winter sports practice at McCaskey. In all likelihood there won't be any basketball games until the New Year but at least for now the door is still open, practice officially started on the 23rd. The bad (or maybe devastating is a better word) news came from Reading where the Royals in conjunction with the other clubs in the ECHL's North Division announced a one-year suspension due to the ongoing circumstances. Between the restrictions on fan attendance and the financial losses that would certainly result the entire division as one entity elected to sit out in hopes of returning to play in the fall of 2021. To say it sucks is an understatement but it's the same for our friends in Glens Falls, Brampton, Worcester, Portland and St. John's as well. The eighteenth day of the month had some small significance, it marked ten years since this blog started here at blogger.com. I started keeping an online journal in January of 2010 at another hosting site and moved it here in November. The original blog no longer exists online but I saved the entries in print before it disappeared (for exactly what reason could be debated). I've always been aware I have a small following here, I don't know who reads the tripe and drivel I post but I appreciate my readers just the same. On the Wednesday before "Turkey Day" I was with Jenny and her mother for lunch, in the afternoon I drove them to a relative's house in Parkesburg (in Chester County, about fifteen miles east of Quarryville). They had been invited to stay overnight for the holiday, I made sure they arrived safely and the relatives brought them home on Thursday night. On the 30th I had my annual appointment with my heart doctor, it's been six years since my episode in September of 2014. The doctor said everything looks and sounds great, as long as there is no recurrence (and there has never been any) he won't need to see me for another year. Take care, thanks for reading.
