Reflections on the new year ahead

Reflections on the new year ahead

When I write 2025, I am keenly aware that we have completed one-quarter of a century. I remember the dread and concerns in late 1999 leading up to the transition to a new millennium when we turned the calendar to the year 2000. We all kind of held our breath wondering if the power grid would go down or something would implode. But nothing unusual happened! The continuum of time just seemed to march on. I do remember that was the night that our o…