Wishing You the Happiest New Year Possible Under the Circumstances

Or: Here's to Simple Pleasures and Sweeter-smelling Times

Unreasonably optimistic-looking Dutch gentleman hugging roses, a bottle of champagne, and a very small pig.

There is something good to be found in every year that passes. Except maybe 538CE— that one was completely awful and you probably won’t convince me otherwise.

Personally, I found 2024 to be a mixed bag. If one were to think of the year as a literal