Happy New Year, Tony,

one thing that is good about this bloody world is that you never know. One can drop dead next minute, or can go on for years, who's to tell? Just last night I was reading "Zorba the Greek" and stopped at the scene where Zorba tells how he came to a village and saw a 90-year-old man planting an almond tree. "I live as if I should never die", explained the old man, to which Zorba replied: "And I live like I could die any moment", and then asks which approach to life is more correct. I don't know if there is an answer to this question, but it's the people who plant almond trees who make the world go round, and you're one of them. So do take another project or two, and may your days, no matter the number, be filled with thing that bring you joy. This wish, to think of it, can be addressed to any and all of us!