A Word of Thanks as the Little Blog Approaches Her First Birthday

Life is random, isn't it?

[Just ask Eloise- here, in Moscow, via flickr].

As you might have noticed, there are random things

this little blog is wont to dwell on,

chief among them: art, design, books,

home, family, history, and- well-

perhaps just list the rest as

assorted oddsbodskins.

Life: a magnificent reason to celebrate.

And celebration is on the mind.

The first birthday of this blog seems

a good time to thank everyone who stops by

(and, happily, there've been quite a few of you!).

While wishing everyone well,

and extending gratitude,

I do promise to try to bring more

good things to you as time rolls on.

More good words and great art; a happy dash of style.

(A veritable smorgasbord of oddsbodskins galore.)

Life, with a fillip of art.

That's the intent, oh! dear and treasured reader.

And, here, a pledge: to go to as far as possible to do so-

Moscow, if need be. (Or anywhere else on the globe.)

That said, let us don warm caps and carry on- and

thank you, again so very much, for stopping by.

It has been a pure delight.

illustration:

the brilliant hilary knight, of course

eloise in moscow