–Shelves stocked with hopes for a way better year

I declared Saturday, September 19th a Hopeful Day. I spent most of it organizing gardening equipment (read: putting it away properly since it’s been lying about/used all season) in the garage, in hopes that it will all be ready for spring. That spring will come in 2021, and new life will grow, and fear will have withered away. In hopes of lovely fall days full of brisk outdoor walks, I hied myself to TJMaxx and purchased a couple of long-slee...