Novendecennial

Nineteen years ago, in 2007, I first published this blog.  A post entitled Memo to a Boy on a Haystack.

Each March 20 since then, I have summarized our accomplishments and disappointments during the prior year.  Unfortunately, there has been nothing to brag about this past year.  From 148 posts in calendar year 2020, I've come up with only six posts in the past year.  One of the posts discussed a book; the other five were summaries of travel I had undertaken or planned to take.

Nothing to brag about.  It would be farcical to continue my tradition of naming the "best posts" of the past year.

Instead, I simply remark on the anniversary.  

Each year, on the anniversary date, I have accompanied my celebratory post with the photo that accompanied my very first post -- a "boy" (me) sitting on a haystack.

This year I fly the "flag" upside down.  A traditional signal of distress.