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A friend of mine – whose name I shall not mention – The Focus Directory 46 reported how, just two days before Christmas, she’d put her Christmas ham into the slow cooker overnight and, COMMUNITY & EVENTS when she woke up, instead of finding a delicious ham waiting for her, it had exploded all over the kitchen, Stop & Sketch 7 blowing off the lid of the slow cooker, scattering hammy Abergavenny Community Centre morsels all over the place and taking out the electrics 9 in one fell swoop. It suddenly occurred to me that it Citizens Advice: Save on Energy Costs 15 was a perfect metaphor for 2020 – all of our hopes and dreams blown all over the place in one, unexpected but devastating explosion…just with less ham involved. LOCAL BUSINESS Fortunately my friend saw the comedy element in her Foxhunters Care Community 17 ham disaster – she’s an optimist and took it all in her stride. HB Podiatry Clinic 19 But this seems to be the way of the world at the moment, doesn’t it? Plans feel so difficult to make because we have no Contemplating 2021: Let’s Do This! 24 sense of what might be lurking around the corner, but if we want to make it through we have to dust ourselves off and Lucy Hockey Hair Studio 37 take a confident stride towards the future. What other choice do we have? LIFESTYLE & CULTURE So I’m inviting you, in this, our very first issue of the Focus for Allt Yr Esgair Walk 28 2021, to tentatively yet positively and optimistically survey the year ahead. Soon, the dark days will be behind us, both Wellbeing: What If... You Stopped Waiting? 35 figuratively and in reality. Spring is not far away and a vaccine Photography: The Next Frame is coming, with some already having had their initial dose. 39 There are shoots of hope that we may get back to some kind History: What’s in a Name? 41 of recogniseable normality this year. We’ve put together an optimistic magazine for you this month in the hope that it will both lift your spirits and help you look towards the year ahead with positivity. I do hope you’ll enjoy the read. Much Love, Publisher: Focus Magazines Ltd Tel: 01873 856614 [email protected] Contributions: David Collyer, Heather Cook, Dr Giles P Croft, Holly Bowen, Helen Morgan, Marion Pearse, Kevin Walker, Pam Wesson Whilst every care is taken with materials submitted to Focus Magazines, the publisher cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage to such materials. Opinions expressed in articles are strictly those of the author. This publication is copyrighted and may not be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.