today is the most arbitrary of the “officially” recognized” holidays that marks, essentially, the Mone t that you remove the stack of monthly changed pictures from your wall, it’s pages scribbled with fulfilled and unfulfilled plans to be replaced by a new collection with its promise of potential.

Someone has probably done a study about the personality insights that can be gleaned by one’s choice of calendar: Was it a freebie from the bank with cityscape or wildlife pictures? Or a garage featuring cute girls draped over shiny cars? Maybe a series of paintings, orhotos featuring a person or pkace?

Anyways, Happy new calendar and may the pictures in your life always be pretty. Q