Oh, Wretched New Year! This would have been my 10th year marching in the Philadelphia Mummers Parade. Alas, quite sensibly, the 2021 parade was canceled. Here I sit, on yet another day of self-imposed quarantine, dodging COVID and watching Mummers recordings on t.v.
Strutting down memory lane is the best I can do.
EXHIBIT A: 2017 with The Fair
EXHIBIT B: My 3rd Parade, 2013
EXHIBIT C: OUR 1st Place Finish, 2018 (I'm in the rear in the red hat -- it was 6 degrees F at the time.)
EXHIBIT D: 2019 on Broad Street
EXHIBIT E: 2020 St. Patrick's Day, Luckily Held in February, Most Recent Strut
EXHIBIT F: Gritty and I Need Another Assignment ... Maybe Overthrowing the Oligarchy
EXHIBIT G: 2021
I'm crossing my fingers that 2021 will bring us a new, effective president and an end to this pandemic nightmare. COVID is real, it's a killer, and I wouldn't be in the parade this year if I was the only one missing it.
Stay warm, stay safe, Happy New Year!
5 comments:
Yes, Anne, I thought of you today and how you will not be strutting your mummer stuff on the streets of Philly. But you're right -- NEXT YEAR! I bet it will be bigger and better than ever! Happy New Year!
no "oh dem golden slippers" this year. but if we all stay alive and covid-free, next year should be a banging good time!
got your holiday card; thank you! HNY to you and your family!
at least you have something to look forward to? :-)
happy new year to you and your family
love, kisses & magical wishes...
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Next Year indeed, so many things would be great if they return to a semblance of Normalcy. It was good to wallow in the Nostalgic Pity Party with you tho' since I do Love a good Parade!
I'm sorry that such exuberant fun had to be canceled. Holding on to the thought of 2022...
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