I’d like to wish all family, friends, regular readers, commenters and all other visitors Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year or any other Holiday Greetings you prefer! As usual, I prefer Happy Newtonmas because Isaac Newton was born on December 25th, but I’m very democratic in that respect and let everyone celebrate the the holiday they like.

2024 was not as terrible for our family as the previous year was, but a relative still passed away and several people got sick for a while. Including myself, not just the usual colds and not even Covid – but a high blood pressure problem appeared and now I have to take medication for the first time in my life. I’m fine now, but it feels a little bit like age is creeping up on me. But everyone is doing okay considering the circumstances and as I wrote last year, just having a roof over your head and not being broke or hungry is maybe something we all can be thankful for.