Yes, it was, and yes, we did. In my case, not so sure about the sane part...
I believe our photo projects, goals, ideals, thoughts, keep us balanced. Playing with cameras is one thing, enjoyable to be sure, but planning and creating images to express ourselves in new ways in recording the everyday things in our lives, often takes us out of our Covid negative ruminations and our many existentialist cares and worries and puts us in a special place, entirely and uniquely our own.
We seem to have lost (or I hope only temporarily mislaid) a few members this year. I hope they will return. Even the less agreeable ones, if they aren't offensive in an obscene way, contribute by keeping us on our toes and involved. Whatever our thoughts and disagreements on any subject, whether photo or other, are usually only our opinions and when they are aired and expressed in socially accepted ways, often stop me in my mental tracks and make me think more laterally, even if I do disagree with them on first reading. Curmudgeons do have their place in any web site - as long as they are polite and friendly about it.
Good to know we seem to have got through and survived the many new changes in this web site. I was especially critical toward some of these, but I then set to experimenting a bit and trying to find ways around some of the problems, and would you believe it, I found almost all of them could be solved.
Kudos to our experts for having done so well this year, and to those members who have kept posting and entertaining us with their thoughts, however differing those may have been.
Happy new year and a good '22 to all.
