“December, the diamond-frosted clasp linking twelve jeweled months to yet another year.”
[Phyllis Nicholson]

The night is black and stars alite. The ball drops with the countdown, marking the shift to a new decade. We move forward at our own pace, if only by turning the calendar page.
“The world is round,” writes Ivy Baker Priest, “and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.”

May your New Year be blessed with new beginnings.