VIDEO: Best Babylon Bee sketches of 2021

About a year ago we did a year-end review, noting the passing of notable people in politics, sports, and so on. Nobody cared, at least not that we noticed. So we're not going there this year, except to say that the passing of Betty White, Archbishop Tutu, and Prince Philip -- all of whom died in their 90s -- makes me think that a certain president and a certain pope may not be on next year's list after all. I'm offering 5:2 on Bergoglio and 5:1 on Brandon. Get your bets down now.

So then... rather than focusing on people, let's just take a look back at the events which drew our attention in the Year of Woke 2021. Here's the Babylon Bee highlight reel.

 

Now for a look forward. As the sun rose today, I saw a robin -- a big fat robin -- sitting in the juniper amongst the pines behind my cabin. A sign of global warming? An early spring? The sight of the robin, in the brilliant sunshine, blue sky, dark green of the tree and gleaming white snow, gladdened my heart. 

After yesterday's divine liturgy, Father said that pretty soon everyone will have Covid, and then we can stop fussing about it. He wasn't being totally facetious. By this spring, I'm guessing, the virus will become endemic and we will be able to go back to something like the old normal. We will get through this winter and the coming year holds promise of real change. Am I right? You know it!