Mamma Dies

At 22.24 CET tonight my mamma died.

I was with her when she took her last breath and she was aware that I was there. She was calm and in no pain. 

My darling mamma was always my most devoted supporter and defender. 

I am at a loss.

Resignation

Today I resigned from the Board of Second Pride. 

"To the Board of Second Pride,

It is with great sadness that I must announce that I am stepping down from my position as Secretary/Treasurer of the Board.

The reasons are personal but have lead to me not being able to fulfill my duties in a way satisfactory to myself or the organization. 

I wish you all the best of luck for the future and will always support Second Pride in any way I can. 

As to duties that need to be handed over. Lee McKay already has the login info to Second Pride avatar, but I will need a name to put in as an administrator on the Facebook group and page. 

I am sorry to leave you this way.

Kindly,
Bock"

January 5th, 2021

Brexit Day

"LONDON (AP) — Britain’s long and sometimes acrimonious divorce from the European Union ended Thursday with an economic split that leaves the EU smaller and the U.K. freer but more isolated in a turbulent world. 

Britain left the European bloc’s vast single market for people, goods, and services at 11 p.m. London time, midnight in Brussels, completing the biggest single economic change the country has experienced since World War II. A different U.K.-EU trade deal will bring new restrictions and red tape, but for British Brexit supporters, it means reclaiming national independence from the EU and its web of rules."

Happy New Year, 2021

I give thanks to the Babylonians, The Lincoln Project, my friends, and my relatively patient spouse Tomais for the fact that I survived 2020 without a total nervous breakdown.

Americans will never fully comprehend the importance of their country, and their chosen leaders have for the rest of the democratic world. When the U.S.A. is on the verge of a coup d'etat - lead by their president and his devoted minions, no less - we follow the developments closely and with trepidation.

But now, as we start a new year and there are only 19, 5 days until the next president is sworn in, I can start breathing more or less normally again, 

"Here's to 2021" by Wayne Allan-GoodmaNZ

I wish you all great happiness and success in 2021, May it be our best year ever, we certainly deserve it!

Celebrating Christmas

Yesterday my twin brother JJ MercuryNZ and I celebrated a part of Christmas together. We had fun with those antlers with bells on, everytime we moved it sounded as if Santa was on his way.

Photo by JJ MercuryNZ

Happy Holidays 2020

My spouse Tomais and I wish you all Happy Holidays, despite the long shadow that Covid-19 is throwing over this years celebrations.

Photo by Tomais Ashdene, 2020

Eat, drink and be merry, but above all, stay safe!