The year 2022 is about to come to an end.
With it today we learn of the deaths of Benedict, the retired pope, and of Barbara Walters, the American television personality.
Once again the day is dark and dreary with fog.
It is fitting as we say goodbye to the old "twelve months" that the weather conjures up the words of Edgar Allan Poe in "The Raven" or the mood in the novel "The Hound of the Baskervilles" by Arthur Conan Doyle.
I can almost see Sherlock Holmes and his confrère Dr. Watson pursuing the hound over the moors.
But that's for another time.
I shall take these few moments to thank all of my "elves", as someone put it recently, who supply me with the humor that keeps us all entertained.
They know who they are so I shall not name them here.
And I want to thank all of you readers who have tarried here, whether commenting or not.
I wish you all the most splendid days ahead as we turn the calendar page one more time and greet a new year with hope and great anticipation.
But hark! What is that baying sound I hear echoing?
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Not a night to be on the road when we already have zero visibility in the morning! Good day to be home by the fire!
ReplyDeleteThere's fog here too.
ReplyDeleteThere is a touch of Yeats in the air today..And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
ReplyDeleteSlouches towards Bethlehem to be born?
That fog is spooky; I hope it doesn't portend anything dire. Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteYou forgot Pele'. Happy New Year! Thanks for the joy you bring.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't forgotten him but he we learned of his death several days ago. Thanks for continuing to read my prattle.
DeleteHappy New Year. Here's hoping that 2023 will really be a good and joyous year.
ReplyDeleteBut hark! What is that baying sound I hear echoing?
ReplyDeleteIt's shoppers heading to the nearest mall to bag some January bargains!
Happy New Year Bruce!
I enjoy following your blog. Happy New Year to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year from Australia.
ReplyDeleteIf I haven't said so before, all the best to you and your family for 2023.
ReplyDeleteUp with the lark this morning (if they haven't become extinct). Out in the mild, damp - but not raining - weather, walking Elfie and a sleep-over dog.