2024 is Calling

Poor, abused keyboard.  Note the letters scrubbed off on multiple keys ... on a board that was new about 6 months ago.   Makes little difference to me, as I touch-type, but my daughter was around today and remarked on it, as she still looks at the keys.  I present it as evidence of my typing quantity.

I appreciate that some folks need to look back on the previous year, but my mind is definitely on the year ahead.  For those wondering, yes, I'm still working on the Streetvendor's Guide.  No, it's probably not going to get done in 2024.  I've immersed myself in the editing and organising process and there's no doubt that after the main content is complete, there's still lots and lots of work left.  The index, which I think is absolutely necessary, along with the appendices and other paraphenalia, can be done through various tools ... but to do such things well requires time and attention.  I'm not rushing this.  The book is going to be done in the fullness of time, and not rushed.

Unlike some, I'm anxious to continue blogging.  In fact, I'd like to do more of it, though naturally this puts pressure to find new and interesting things to talk about.  It's easy for content makers to fall into the habit of producing the same post year after year, or to let so much time lapse between content that the audience falls drastically away.  I've been able to keep the readers here engaged so far, but come May, I'll be completing my 16th year of blogging.  Imagine.  Searching for new and effective material, I'll continue to discuss the wiki as necessary, and any other series of posts that I can muster.  It's been quite awhile since I broke away from relying on rants as content ... and for the most part, I think the readers have appreciated that.  I may have written 348 posts in 2015, but a lot of that was anger.  It's far more difficult to write 300+ posts when actual content is expected.

Stay with me.  2024 is going to be a good year.