NEW YEARS 2020 - Cheers!
"...Time flies. And I'll be sitting here in front of my screen writing my next New Year's letter before I know it!" That's what I wrote on December 31, 2018, and here we are on the brink of another new year and a new decade. (Being born in 1950 makes the decade changes doubly significant!) 2019 wasn't as big a year of change for me as 2018, but it was a year of progress and satisfaction. Personally it was a calm and quiet year--which is always good. My parents celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary! The kids had a busy year of work and play. My buddy, Sadie, is a year older and mellower. And I'm very pleased with what was accomplished on my building project--which continues to consume my life. So life is good. On what has become my 5-year relocation plan, 2020 is the fifth and final year! Everyone seems quite certain I'll be in my house by the end of the year. I've given up on a late summer move-in and having...