Happy New Year!

And somehow an entire year just passed, second following second, as time seems wont to do — except that this year we had an entire extra second because of the pesky rotation of the Earth, which both speeds and slows, but has slowed significantly in the last billion years or so.  I think I was sleeping peacefully when the leap second happened last night and the atomic clock was once again aligned; but I could have been thinking about entropy or time’s arrow or unsolved problems in physics or the complexity of the Hindu calendar.

I had a great New Year’s Day, which included a long walk with Brad and Kenai, yoga and meditation, a party at our great friends Howard and Elizabeth’s house with lots of other great friends, and a quiet television-free evening at home.  I’m not much of a New Year’s resolution person, but I am going to try to hunker down and focus on the two things I’ve been talking talk about doing for the past several years:   getting fit and finishing my novel.  I’m good at honoring commitments to family and friends and organizations; but this year I’m going to work on honoring my commitments to myself.  I’m going to try to write a daily blog post, like my blogging idol, Halley Suitt.  I’m going to read more and write more and move my ass around more and try to do less of the things that I know aren’t really good for me (watching television, buying more shoes, sorting my email Inbox into complex categories but not actually responding to any of the email).  I’m going to try to keep it simple, keep my health, keep having fun, and keep learning and growing.  I hope the same for all of you..

“Nothing is so fatal to character as half-finished tasks.”  David Lloyd George