Having lived in Concord for some 17 years now, there are two things I could have predicted with great certainty. First, that nothing would stand in the way of our Annual Town Meeting and second, that it would be conducted in strict compliance with COVID 19 safety regulations. What I could not have predicted is that they would use my soccer team’s home field on the day of our first league match of the season. Fortunately, we were able to gain access to an adjacent field by moving our start time up to 8 AM. Despite a lot of sleepy-looking players, we managed a nice start to the season with a 5-1 win over Hopkinton. I played for 2/3 of the match before tweaking a muscle. Nothing serious, but I thought it better to stop right away before incurring further injury.

Where’s Waldo Bonus: See if you can find me in the photo? This is far easier than the count the number of turkeys in the photo that caused so much controversy on a post last spring.