Last year’s was lovely, if bittersweet. It was our first New Year’s as a married couple, but also my first New Year’s without my dad, who had passed away a little over a month earlier. I took my husband for the first time up to the mountain: When my dad was a boy, his father had bought some land up on the mountain…

My very best NYE was when I was 19, the first New Year’s after I’d left home... about 35 years ago, let’s say. I was living in a room downtown, doing community theater, writing and hanging around with poets and artists and actors and musicians in my cow-town city... it was a small scene, but comfortable. You’d pretty…

When I was a kid, don’t recall the exact year, (but I remember we were watching Solid Gold as the New Year’s show, so 80-82?) and we were at a party at our neighbors apt in our building.

So flashback to NYE 2006, about to be 2007. I was a senior in high school, seventeen, and my friends and I had a habit of going on night-time “escapades”, as they had been dubbed. (I think by me, but maybe not.) It was the height of the emo/scene kids, and there I was, a little Goth fairy-princess. Since none of our…

I don’t have a lot of NYE stories because I am a boring nerd; this year was us buying a little tiny baby split of Prosecco, like half a glass each. At midnight we toasted and drank and were done. Husband pointed out there was a bit left in my glass, and I drank it down while hissing “this is your soul, 2o20.”

It was 1978 and I was professionally employed in the theatre, in my mid 20s, and living in the greatest city in the world, with the bf that I knew was THE ONE. (Reader, 42 years later he still is). At 11:30pm beer and weed were not sufficiently celebratory so we jumped on the subway in time to arrive in Central Park…

A few years ago on NYE, my wife and I decided to call it quits. Best resolution I’ve ever made, and just about the only one that ever stuck.

Hell yeah, that’s something indeed. I’m glad you had that, and wish you more clear thinking (and also joy).

I scored a very very lucky housesitting gig over the 99/00 holidays in London. It was spectacular. Unfortunately, I tripped on Christmas Eve and knocked my two front teeth out (even I found the “All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth” thing funny). On New Year’s Eve a guy I met on the flight over set me up…

I'm pretty ambivalent about NYE.. But I woke up today feeling like I had some clear thinking about some things, so that's something.

You need to post pictures of you and the Bartender having wine at the castle, and visiting the botanical gardens, etc. and tag them. And/or then block them on your social media.

The statistics regarding Covid are staggering on their own, even more so with Trump worshippers claiming still that either it’s no big deal, or that it’s some sort of public health “hoax” perpetrated by, um, Democrats and Big Sick. Or Dr. Fauci. I’m kind of surprised they’re not blaming the virus on Hillary, to be…

That focaccia looks incredible. Glad to hear you had no vaccine issues. My best friend got her first shot a little over a week ago and besides some arm pain also reported no issues.

What great things did you make for the holidays? We were going to do our regular Christmas eve fish dinner, but for two, but my husband and I looked at each other after delivering pierogi to relatives, and both said, I’m so tired. So we had some cod in the air fryer, went to bed early, and both slept for about ten…

Shelter Cat Update!

If I could take a moment to be more self-indulgent than I usually am...

I have a silly problem: there is a guy that I like A LOT. He came to see me today at my house and we hung out while staying socially distanced. He commented that he wished he could kiss me when he left. I am not sure if he meant on the cheek as a friend or more. So my question is: should I go for it when I next meet…

Thank you for the downer. We need to be reminded, by numbers like this, that there are more important things right now than the fact that most of us missed out on some holiday fun.

Ugh. My friend is having surgery this week and I am going to take care of her and her family. Taking the redeye tomorrow night and absolutely dreading it. I really hope all the idiots who traveled merely because they wanted to are back home, or at least not flying on the days I am flying. At least I can collect lots…

Just the 3 of us this year. Cookies were baked this Eve despite canceling the annual cookie bake we’ve had for as long as anyone can remember. I may have gone a bit overboard by baking 4 kinds of cookies. Oatmeal, Spritz, Chocolate Chip & Peanut Butter. We packaged them up to drop off to family/friends tho. We also…