Another year gone. I had hoped to write a lyrical, memorable post, but I'm feeling scattered so this will be discombobulated.
I'll start with the very best thing to happen in 2024: I became a grandmother!!! Sweet Juniper (whose face is not to be seen on social media) was born on Jan. 6 and I'm head over heels in love with her. I'm flying up to Spokane in two days for her first birthday and I can't wait.
I saw 2024 out last night with Mahjong and a tortellini Italian sausage soup dinner with Barb, Sandy, Meegan and Beth. There were also light-as-air biscuits and homemade dark chocolate sorbet. Since we're old, we broke up around 8 and I was in bed by 10 after watching the ball drop in New York.
Earlier yesterday I went on my last walk of the year, just around the neighborhood. It was sunny and in the low 70s, which is the weather that I moved here for. I saw a cardinal in the shrubs by the road.
Just out of curiosity I checked to see which of my blog posts had the most views in 2024. It was one from Dec. 18, 2018, with 945 views, about a collection of Japanese boro jackets at the Shibori Dragon quilt shop in
University Place, WA.
Now we enter the new year. I'm cautious about the state of our nation and the world, but I'm confident about this:
So I'm going into 2025 with the biggest smile I can muster and the expectation that it will be wonderful!
Happy New Year!
