People seem to be going out feverishly – the excitement is palpable in the crowds. But most of the time it is a bit of a letdown. TV is so much more convenient and well-practiced. We’ve had these great series and concerts all year. why go out?

To tell the truth, I think I’ve been making up comedy scenes in my daily life that are sometimes better than what’s on TV. We stop at a nursery because our flower boxes are full of dead weeds, and there is a very delicate little woman tamping down some flowers in a planter. I get close and whisper to her: “I need some flowers that won’t make my husband continue to believe I kill every plant we own.” The look on her face was worth the afternoon. We also got some flowering cactuses that don’t really look like succulents.

Maybe I need to make bad jokes because I’m so worried that the new government will be foiled by the oppositions half-truths and manipulations. When I heard that Bibi had many secret documents destroyed before he left office, I thought of Nixon, and how long he evaded discovery and how many soldiers died as a result. I really might be needing antibibiotics.