Saying hello to a new year and farewell to an old standby . . .

This year the start of January did not include a trip to the office supply store for new day planner calendar pages. The pristine condition of last year’s edition was evidence enough that scheduling and planning had quietly made the jump to digital. For twenty years the planner had been a cache of notes, business cards, birthdays, appointments and random thoughts, and, for the most part, was remarkably efficient. Because I’m too sentimental to toss it, I’ll zip it up and consider it a souvenir of days gone by.