One of my regular stops in the morning rotation, Toirdhealbheach Beucail, devoted his New Year’s Eve blog post to thanking folks for visiting during the course of the year, which struck me as a lovely gesture and worth imitating.

And so thank you, fellow traveler, for browsing past this website from time to time. I hope I’ve been able to say something that sometimes encourages, enlightens and/or entertains you. (Even though “fellow traveler” has a certain connotation among people of a certain...