Looking Backward

The internet right now is full of wrap-ups and resolutions. But the truth is, taking stock of either 2011 or 2012 fills me with a mild sense of panic.

I've been mending today, which seems like about the right way to close out the year.



So since I'm no good at this holiday, I think I'll just put on my 1970s pants (literally--the funky culottes my mom made back then and that I just fixed up this morning) and take a plate of stuffed mushrooms over to my brother-in-law's house, and pretend that tonight's fancy nibbles are just a retro cocktail party like any other. You won't mind if I do that, will you?