Well, probably came as close as ever to giving a season a miss. But I have not missed a season ever since I began participating in this crazy thing called the seasons quite a few years ago now. And this is season is .. it is Joko's season ..
The reason - my sister passed away this week, and I was alone with her when she passed, and she was a great friend to my family, never missing my kids birthdays, spending lots of time with them. probably my wife's best friend, she lived with us until she was so high care that she needed to move into a home, her choice, the home was close by and my wife and daughter visited often, she would have been with her but my wife has health issues of her own at the moment, my daughter had been spending hours feeding her in recent days and had spent the night at the home with her, she came home exhausted having not slept herself so I went up to be with Ronnie, my brother and my wife and my daughter (named after my sister) arrived minutes after she passed.
BUT I bring you this Prince song - due to a health condition my sister wore wigs through most of her later years - so as well as hopefully meeting the remit of the season - it is also a nod to her - Ronnette Maree Caldwell. She passed peacefully and deserves the rest.
And Prince was such a talent - unlike this guy -