happy new year, I guess.

i’ve never understood what the big deal was, to be honest. I just have to remember a new number when I write checks. And I write checks infrequently these days. My real year begins when the new opera and symphony seasons begin and the schools start up, to be honest. So there you go.

I don’t do resolutions. I don’t stay up until midnight. (Not deliberately anyway.) I don’t have a party.

I think I sound very, very boring.

But we had a nice evening with family, had some good food, and we watched The Court Jester.

I’m fine with that.

But … okay … I wish all of you a wonderful year full of laughter and cheer. And maybe good reeds too.