Hello

Something about 2010, just the sound of it, the elegance of the tidy number itself that makes me happy. For no defensible reason, this year seems promising and hopeful to me personally or perhaps I am just ready to start paying attention in a brand new way.

Other people have suggested that nature likes to play to an attentive audience — Annie Dillard, perhaps? And then there is that clever wag who points out that a big part of life and making a difference is just showing up, not slouched down in the back row but sitting up straight in one's seat in the middle of the auditorium and being ready to participate.

So that's the plan: show up, make a few demands on myself, pay attention.

The friend from the Guardian above arrived to cheer me on!