the camels welcome the year of the horse!

and so the year ends and a new one begins. or will soon. the year may have gone by quickly but when it is punctuated by unexpected black swan situations, we tend to think that it suddenly developed the consistency of molasses! we shall not regret the year that went by. the year to come is as yet an unknown and we have learnt the hard way not to forecast what will be.

but there were bright spots too. we shall not comment on the world as we usually leave it to its own devices. and to the media. but our numbers improved dramatically, and the challenge is on to maintain or lower further! we celebrated 45 years of bachelor status and managed to keep the tonnage in check. well it didn't increase...! silver anniversaries were celebrated, a new anniversary situation was kicked off and wee tots gave us all joy and faith in the future!

given that we try to be optimistic we shall hope that the year to come is full of bonhomie and cheer. we expect it to be a good wine year and shall continue our explorations in that domain. and we shall spend time and cranial effort to plan better this year. for the unexpected, if expected, stops being unexpected! more blogging, less tonnage, more engagement and less solitude. less badvertising and more selectivity. and we shall try to abide by what winston said:

bonne année all!