At 6:45 on this New Year’s Eve, I thought, “Well, Cynthia has shuffled off to bed, and I want to stay up a little longer, so…I should go sit down in front of the microphone and record some thoughts with no idea about what to say…”

(Yes, we go to bed early…even on New Year’s Eve.)

This is what came out: some reflections on the year that was…and what lies ahead…