...at this time of year, I guess everyone gets a bit introspective about the year that was, and wonders a bit about the year that is to be. My year that was has had its ups and downs, with two books published and another under contract bringing me a great sense of achievement and happiness, but there were some sad events for our family, too. With this in mind, I'm ready to take on the new year, and look forward... and these are my (slightly convoluted) thoughts about the year

Happy New Year! only a couple of days late... ...I’ve been looking around the web for the last week or so and finding a lot of posts about new year’s resolutions, setting goals, making plans, changing my life in 5 simple steps, and just plain taking time to look back over the last year to see what worked for me, and doing it again. A couple of things occurred to me. One was, why for the New Year? Every day is a new day, and every day is a great day to take stock and think ab