By JOHN KANELIS / johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com

Is it too early to wish 2020 a none-too-fond farewell?

If not, I will do so. If it is too early, I will do so anyway!

For reasons of which we are all aware, this has been one of the worst years imaginable. That damn coronavirus has shut us down, allowed a partial reopening, shut us down again. It has forced confinement to many of us to our houses. We can’t eat at our favorite restaurants.

We are wearing masks. We carry hand sanitizer with us.

Oh, and the young people? They have been denied proms, graduation ceremonies and in-person learning in classrooms.

We cannot go to our house of wor. Or watch our favorite sports teams in person.

And on top of all that, we have endured a miserable presidential campaign and watched the incumbent POTUS make an ass of himself by refusing to comply with the rules set forth by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has created an environment that has infected hundreds of his followers.

I am ready for the year to end. The next year won’t bring immediate relief from the misery when it arrives on Jan. 1.

But that brings me to a glimmer of hope that might await us.

My new year celebration will be enhanced if we are able to welcome 2021 with the prospect of a new president getting ready to take office. I cannot even begin to ponder the possibility that we’ll be stuck with the Liar in Chief for another four years.

My hope springs eternal that we can shove 2020 out the door with the hope of a brighter future on the horizon.