By Larry Linville, llinville2@kc.rr.com, Pleasant Valley

Thelma continues a slow recovery from her stroke. We have neither one had COVID. We've had all our shots and flu shot.

I've kept my sanity by continuing my poetry. I've written over 1,000 poems since COVID hit, and half of those have been this year. My mind has slowed down, and I've done poetry to keep it going. I have also been doing Wordle to use a different part of my brain.

I preached at Paradise after Christmas and at North Star the weekend of Annual Conference.