There's a full moon tonight as I walk Mitzi around the neighborhood, as I have done for most of the past almost 9 years. With very few street lights, the neighborhood looks magical at night. Various house lamps twinkling, indoor lamplight spilling out through Arizona doors, the sound of people chatting. On one of the streets, there's a small street party going on, socially distanced of course. Someone is playing a keyboard in their garage and people have brought their lawn chairs. Another month of this dreadful year has gone, we are edging closer to a hopefully better 2021. In our corner of Arizona, the COVID count continues to be low, almost flat. Elementary schools are open to in-class learning 5 days a week, the high schools are still part in-class, part online but that could change in a couple of weeks if the COVID numbers stay down. I have gone back to substitute teaching. Partly because I feel for the kids, I want to be part of their experience, a positive part. So far I