Like a fresh white sheet of paper beckoning, the new year arrived amidst a lively gathering of friends and family, pens and pixels poised.

Many or most of us who gathered share the usual goal of eat healthier/lose weight, with the New Year’s Eve celebration as a last excuse for bringing out the heart-attack-on-a-toothpick delicacies… oooh, it was good.

There was an impromptu concert, singing, and a few rowdies holding up lighters and chanting “free bird…”

This morning is a beautiful, mild winter day.  Tomorrow, real life starts back.