Welcome back.

I was actually talking to myself, though I’ll also aim an equally sincere “Welcome back” toward all y’all – and anyone else who stumbles in here for 2022.

It’s unnerving to register that a goodly number of you have now been tuning into my columns for decades on end, often letting me know that … to my aging chagrin. Just kidding. What’s a mere 30-some years among friends?

As an optimistic augury for the new year, cheers to watching the ugly toes of COVID-19 curl up like a house-crushed Wicked…