Happy New Year!

This was the view from my terrace tonight. A fantastic, colorful sunset to close out the year:

NYE Sunset

A friend is coming over a little later, and we’ll have snacks, some champagne, maybe play some Wii or watch a movie. A nice quiet New Year’s with all the important things: good friends, good food, family, and some fun.

2007 was an up-and-down, “two steps forward one step back” kind of year in some ways, but on the other hand, I have my health, my family, my friends, and the great good fortune to live in a place and time where my destiny is changeable and under my own control. When I start thinking too much about the bad things, I need to remember that.

Thanks to all my readers for stopping by and sharing a part of your life, however small, with me. I hope you’ll be back in 2008. I’m looking forward to what happens next.