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Happy New Year and so on.

New Years day is a day of new beginnings. It is a shame it has to happen at such a rascally time of year. It might be easier to make new resolutions stick if we could contemplate them with a tall drink while sitting in the shade – outside.

But that is not how it is.

So here we are at a new beginning. Not just a new year, but a new decade. You don't see too many of those in a lifetime.

The last decade was pretty good here. We have coped and survived and had a bushel of good times along the way. I lost some good friends, some to the big sofa in the sky, and some to the moving van here. I miss them all.

We were on the road a lot last year. We were out of town about 3 months. This year probably won't be that much. Most likely we won't spend a month hanging out with Emily, but we may go to daughters next fall (with our travel trailer) and spend a good while, though. This is the year the whole family gets together.

I am not too much into new years resolutions. The Big 3 automakers rolled out a new model with all sorts of new bells and stuff, and did it each fall. VW on the other hand (used) to make changes through the year, with little fanfare. I like the VW system.

Yesterday the Cavalier had a low tire so I stopped at the tire shop and asked if they had time to repair it. They did, and there was a 2” nail and it is all fixed, and the manager, yet another Dave said that those tires would last “forever.” I asked him if he would put that in writing, we both laughed.

Forever won't happen.

Today is a day to stay home, eat some good food and generally stay warm. We had snow yesterday, but by evening it turned to rain. Much of the snow will be melted off by evening.

And that is the way it is around here.


I filled my last journal a few days ago, and yesterday I got a new one put together. It has wood covers, black walnut yet, with blue linen yarn for binding. Two hundred and twenty pages. Should take a while to fill it.