Rowan Tree and Red Thread

I'm 40 today.

In keeping with tradition there'll be brownies courtesy of my mother and an open house this afternoon for friends free to drop by and celebrate.

My 40th year seems to have been something of a placeholder. I can't pinpoint any personal highlights really; most of my fondest memories are successes and milestones for my kids.

Well that's not entirely true. I did manage to hit 100 consecutive zines for Alarums & Excursions and was proud of that. I wonder if the general sense of depression from the global recession has coloured my outlook of late.

My 41st year looks to include a big house move as part of the excitement. I'm hoping that goes smoothly but it's best not to hold your breath in such matters, particularly before we've even had the engineers' report on the structure.

I haven't made any New Year's resolutions. I'm not that responsive to them, but I do plan to change a couple of things over the course of the year.

I've always thought of myself as a reader but in the last year I've really been distracted by teh Shiny Internet etc. and failed to read anything like a satisfying number of books. So more reading is definitely required.

The other thing, likely as aspirational as any other year, is health and weight. Hmm. we'll see.

And now toast, as made for me by my daughter. See? 2009 is looking good already