2020---We Banish You!
Despite the challenges of this terrifying and difficult year, we laufed once again on New Year's Eve. Special emphasis was made on chasing out 2020 with much whooping, hollering, ringing of bells and a simple chant designed for this particular lauf: 2020 GO AWAY! 2020 YOU CAN'T STAY! 2020 WE ARE THROUGH! 2020 WE BANISH YOU! The few people who were dining outside or who were out and about during our run seemed to especially connect with this sentiment and many cheered and whooped back---this particular situation has been unifying in the sense that everyone is tired and has had varying degrees of anxiety, exhaustion and tragedy throughout 2020. From this perspective, we can perhaps better connect with the old historical laufers who did their marches every winter in the frame of mind that doing so could perhaps help them and their communities survive the brutal winter season. Winter was not an "inconvenience" in those days when there was no central heating, warm vehic
