Oookay, well, I’m not sure there’s much purpose to evaluating how “good” a year was anymore because, from what I’ve seen, the consensus is that if 2020 was a dumpster fire, 2021 was…a bigger dumpster fire? It got off to a strong start in my country with an insurrection in our nation’s capital right after the new year. On a brighter note, I am immensely grateful for effective vaccines and my ability to have access to them. They have made the pandemic somewhat less nerve-wracking, even as it wears on.
I said 2020 felt long; 2021 has also felt very long. But here are the highlights of my year:
- I finished my first new zine since 2019 about my experience flying out of Charles de Gaulle in a pandemic (it’s not really about the pandemic though)
- I learned how to grow microgreens in my nearly windowless apartment
- I sent my agent a draft of my hopefully-next novel (I’m now revising it again)!
- I visited Des Moines and its botanical garden
- Amazingly, I made it back to France to spend a week with Isabelle and Olivier in Meudon-la-Forêt!
- My parents and I canoed and camped in the Boundary Waters
- My family went on an amazing trip to Iceland, fulfilling a 7th grade travel wish of mine
- I taught a brand new course: Morphology!
- I returned to northern California for my friend Dustin’s wedding and visited my friends Katherine and Kaccāyana while I was there
I wish all three of my readers (:P) a safe and healthy 2022! May it be a year of progress and hope!
Happy New Year!
Thank you, you too!
Blessings on your New Year, hoping it’s full of new experiences!
Thank you, Aunt Cathy!
Wishing you all the best in 2022!
Sounds like an interesting 2021 you’ve had, and now I’m wishing you all the best for 2022!