Auld Lang Syne

Just a note to look back on the old year, and to welcome the new:

For the old year, a poem:

“Forever in your Debt” by Kirk Jones

"Guím maith dhóibh siúd a shéid an ghaoth
agus iad uilig a stiúir an bád
thugamar linn é i gcoinne an trá
bead buíoch thar lá mo bháis "

With thanks to those who blew the wind,
And those who sailed the ship,
We sailed it tight against the tide,
And I shall be forever in your debt.

For the new year:

"What next? Ah. What a splendid question."

-William Kennedy, O, Albany! New York: Viking Press, 1983

To everyone, a Happy New Year, and to each of you 365 wonderful answers to Kennedy's "splendid question"!