I am sitting on the patio, eating breakfast. Cool breezes are doing their cool breeze thing. In early 2010 I am listening to Eels’ new album, End Times, reading Jo Walton’s Lifelode, thinking about gardening, home repair, holidays, and organisation skills.

As to the rest of the year: I’m hoping to change things. This is the rear of re-casting my experience into something that leaves me happier and healthier overall on 31 December than I was on 1 January. We shall see.