HRH the Cat and I Wish You . . .

HRH and I both agree that,

in regards to US --

Out of an overabundance of caution, however,

I may just make a quick phone call . . .

Here are our

Happy New Year wishes

for all of you!

What I'm Doing New Year's Eve

I'll be reviewing the past year's

people, places, and events --

Doing a little ritual to

say farewell to the year --

Maybe I'll put the finishing touches

on the last of my holiday baking --

HRH the Cat will be doing

her own special sign-off 

on the year as well --

My New Year's Resolution

At The Midnight Hour

A Fresh New Start!

Did you

party too much

last night?

Not everyone enjoys

New Year's Eve though.

Welcome to

the first two

GROANS of 2023!

And speaking of

Old Lang Signs --

Are you making any

New Years Resolutions?

Look who's talking, LOL!

As for me, well . . . .

As 2022 Ends, Remember Ukraine's Bravery

Time magazine made the perfect choice

for 2022's Person of the Year --

Volodymyr Zelensky &

The Spirit of Ukraine

Who is not awed and humbled by

the resistance and resilience

of the Ukrainian people

in the face of invasion, war,

bombardment, destruction and death?

[Miss Ukraine as a Sister of Battle

at the Miss Universe competition]

Who does not think of their suffering every day

as they endure the weaponization of winter

through the callous ongoing destruction of

Ukraine's infrastructure?

In the coming year,

may Zelensky and Ukraine

achieve peace and victory!

Hello 2022!

I must confess that I have a rather curmudgeonly attitude to making New Year's Resolutions. Very, very rarely do I ever make any.

I actually kind of agree with bratty Calvin. Our society's pressure to engage in constant “self-improvement” is, in my opinion, simply a secular continuation of the harmful Christian doctrine that we are all hopeless sinners and need to improve our wicked ways to achieve illusory “perfection” and justify ourselves to God. Whether religious or secular, this pressure is actually a form of social control. It has been particularly abusive of women and girls, although it's not really good for anyone, of course.

I'm not talking about things we legitimately need to do for physical, mental or emotional health reasons or changes that are necessary to achieve self-actualization to become who we truly are. What I mean by “self-improvement” are qualities that we often feel we “should” possess because society has drummed the ideas into us, for example, perpetual dieting, obsessive exercising, repressing our true selves or true emotions to please others, etc. Those are the things which, unfortunately, are often the subject of New Year’s Resolutions.

Her Royal Highness the Cat, however, says that I am full of shit as usual. She makes the same two New Year's Resolutions every January 1st. So far the only Resolution she ever accomplishes is the second one, thank goodness.