Does New Year’s Mean Something Different in 2024?

Dearest Reader,

As I recall the year that just passed and this new year of 2024 that has barely begun, I am deeply reflective. I suspect that a great deal of the world has already changed and a great many changes are yet to come. That may seem obvious, “of course things change over time,” one might say. Though as we settle into a new year, as much as I a…