Happy New Year to everyone who follows the blog and contributes to our community here.
As world affairs go, it has been an eventful 2023 to say the least. With wars in Gaza and Ukraine, indictments, plea deals, trials and elections aplenty here in the US, the coming year promises no shortage of surprises and challenges. I hope that 2024 is peaceful, productive, and prosperous for all of you in the midst of all this.
I recently received a note that one of our readers was having trouble subscribing to the blog. Can anyone advise on how to do this? I should know, but I don't. Thank you in advance for the insight. (Thanks, Holly.)
I'll be starting the new year on the blog with a focus on how we can improve our own situations through our own efforts, to 'mind our own garden', as I think Voltaire once encouraged. Hopefully I can also detail some of my travels that are planned for this year, as all work and no play makes Byron a dull bore.
What will happen in between or from there is anyone's guess. Inspiration strikes, and I compulsively spin to find a pen and memorialize it.
I rarely review previous posts. I don't remember if I linked you, the dear reader, to my latest musical composition, Hot Couture Baby. If not, enjoy. If so, please forgive me.
Life here among the Frenchies continues to fascinate and frustrate, the mix mostly coming to a 60/40 split, respectively. I look forward to detailing the ongoing adventure in 2024 posts.
On the 60 side, I was recently fitted for two pair of shoes. It's as much a necessity as a luxury as the retail stores here don't stock product to accommodate my American size 14 feet. The Parisian shoemaker invited my wife and me visit the atelier where my made-to-measure monk strap and lace-up will be created. I hope to be able to photograph and write about this as the process commences. It's been at least fifteen years since I've purchased a new pair of dress shoes, so I'm looking forward to it.
On the 40 side, a bathroom remodel that would have taken 3 days to complete in Los Angeles is taking 3 months here in the French countryside. Mon dieu.
As I've mentioned before, you as readers contribute mightily to the value and substance of this blog. I appreciate your comments and contributions very much and look forward to another insightful and fun year exploring Old Money and everything else here.
Thank you...and onward through the fog.
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