Much of 2017 has felt as if we’d been sucked up into a tornado like Dorothy. In my 66 years of experience, this has been the world wackiest year ever. Trump is a fiasco, but despite his goofiness I still feel he’s a better choice than Hillary. I really wanted Bernie but a certain primadonna cheated him out of a fair primary. I hope the true Christians, those that believe in love not condemnation, rally to shut up those far right wing blasphemers. I hope the love Jesus has for everyone, especially those on the fringes of society, dominates the new year.

While I am Christian, I am a progressive who knows the Bible is a living document that changes with the times. I do not nor ever will denigrate those who have other faiths or no faith. I respect all points of view even if I disagree with them. I feel God is too big to be put into a man made belief system. So Buddists, Moslems, Wiccans, Mother Earth, Judaism, Christians, the Force and every other belief is simply an aspect of the one supreme entity. My wish for 2018 is that we all come together.

I wish everyone, especially those of us who fall in the LGBTQA spectrum, a happy , healthy and prosperous New Year! YEAH 2018!