Belated birthday wishes are going out to Jackie McBane who celebrated on April 14, to Andrea Young on April 15 and to Joey-Lou Baker on April 20. Happy first birthday to . . .

Pryor Thomson who is celebrating on April 25.

I feel like I don’t have much news to share these days. Life is pretty quiet as we wait for this latest wave of the pandemic to pass us by. I have been thinking of so many people ­— the ones who are working from home and trying to home school at the same time, the teachers who are adjusting once again to on line learning; small business owners and restaurant owners who are affected by closures and restrictions; those who live alone and miss seeing their family and friends and of course those who work in health care who are exhausted and have no choice but to carry on. There are so many people who are suffering through this in different ways, and I hope you know you are not alone. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. We will get through this.