The year “ends” in my particular frame of reference, at 5:22 today.
i won’t be able to mark it with fire as I will be at the grocery store, on my way home from work, buying food for a party we are having tomorrow.
i am ready for this year to end, and hopeful that I will fair better in the next one. There have been some accomplishments this year, and some progress, but a lot of setbacks to go with it.
i’ll be starting my new year surrounded by family and friends at our party - the beginning of a ten day period of family, friends, food, gifts, and pilgrimages to visit relatives. Then, on western new year, we return home to clean up, restore order, and return to the rhythm of everyday life.