Brought in New Year but still holding our breath

We brought in the New Year, but folks are still holding their breath. We’re poking out of our homes like cautious prairie dogs after a buffalo stampede. We’re trying to appreciate what we have, even though what we have to buy is appreciating faster than we can keep up. The good news: Fuel and food prices haven’t changed.

At least the Giant Pumpkin rolled off the courthouse roof on schedule to celer…