<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 15px;" class="">Hello colleagues.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Yes. We are alive and well, albeit a bit cloistered. Was it Br’er Rabbit who said “Please don’t throw me into the briar patch”? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">When COVID settled in, I thought, “Please don’t make us do a mandatory lock down!” <i class="">Introverts, Unite</i>.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But to make up for lost time due to isolation, here’s a little 2021 update.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">’20 and ’21 called for fortitude and trust. Today, I’d say that 2022 will demand courage for some measure of fierce engagement and calm for withdrawal to regroup.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I pray for courage and calm.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">David and Burna</div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><br style="font-size: 15px;" class=""><div class="">
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