Despite the poor snow conditions, the holiday crowds are here on the mountain for New Year’s Eve. On the plus side, this means more dogs for me to see walking by my windows. On the minus, I had to trudge out into the yard earlier to pick up the the beer-related trash that blew off the balcony of the condo being rented by party people next door. There’s already been one round of amateur fireworks, and I expect a few more before 2024 arrives. I’m happy to be snug at home with Mr. Karen, catching up on movies we missed seeing when they came out (I used to like going to see movies in theaters, but now it just seems like an unnecessary health risk). At midnight, we’ll toast with quince wine and turn in at what’s now pretty much our regular bedtime.

Here’s hoping 2024 brings improvements all around: personally, locally, nationally, and globally.

 

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On this date in 2022: Still Happily Coloring
2021: Quiet NYE
2020: Wrapping It Up
2019: Fall Road Trip Loop, Part 5: The Long Road Home
2018: There’s Always Next Year
2017: Winding Down
2016: 2016 Photo Project
2015: 2015 Photo Project
2014: 2014 Photo Project
2013: 2013 Photo Projects
2012: Happy New Year a Bit Early
2011: How Long Until 2012
2010: Sock Monkey Waits for the New Year
2009: Finished!
2008: The Year in Pictures
2007: I Am the Champion and The End
2006: Sofa Star Quilt and One of Those Entries
2005: Winter Count–December
2004: It’s an Honor Just to be Nominated
2003: No entry
2002: Not One of Those Entries