“A ship in harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.”
John A. Shedd
High time to wrap up the New Year’s reflection and to get on with living the year itself:
If there is one thing of which we can be sure in this volatile day and age, it is that nothing now is certain. Making predictions as to how the year might unfold is most probably a fool’s errand. That having been said the following ventures are at least at some stage in the planning:
- Something that I did not mention in my recent review of 2025 was that both The Girl (and to a lesser extent I) struggled during the year with various health related matters. I don’t want to overplay these issues because we are, after all, both getting older and some of our concerns really do just go with the territory. We are determined, nonetheless, to take steps to ensure that we do better in 2026 and beyond. We will be working on diet, exercise and general health during the year. I will, naturally, be reporting back on our progress.
- We thought long and hard about spending another week in the sun this February. As ever it would have been good to have felt the warmth on our shoulders, but thus far (fingers crossed) this has been a mild winter on the west coast of Canada and there is not quite the same urgency so to escape the season as has been the case in some previous years.
- Also, we decided early on to put all of our efforts this year into an expedition further afield. The Girl has been working hard at one of the many things at which she excels and plans are well advanced. Again, I will report back once things have been firmed up. Most likely that trip will take place in September/October.
- This is the first full year of retirement for us both and we are still adjusting to the fact. Thus far we seem to have been even busier than when we were working (the which makes no sense to me at all
- We will slowly continue to ‘right-size’ the clutter that seems to attend modern life. More on that soon
- We intend spending as much time as we can with family and friends and we will, of course, be aiming to attend as many artistic events as is feasible. Some have already been booked and more are to come
- I have now done two productions with the Peninsula Players (as Musical Director) and I am into my second year on the Executive Committee. I have a new venture to report in this space – so look out for that also.
- There will certainly be more music making this year and there are indeed already things upon which I should be reporting. Look for further postings soon
- We will definitely aim to entertain in our garden just as much as the weather allows
OK – enough with the ruminating – let’s get to work (and play)!
“Everything happens kind of the way it’s supposed to happen, and we just watch it unfold. And you can’t control it. Looking back, you can’t say, ‘I should’ve… ‘ You didn’t, and had you, the outcome would have been different”.
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