It was one of those perfect “golden hour” moments; the setting sun shining through a hole in the clouds on the shortest day of the year, just as we were walking by the West side of the Capitol to get to the Metro. I got the picture, and mere minutes later, the tawny glow was gone.

And so ends 2013. We got new kittens (a few months after Pandora’s passing). I lost a job (Rickrolling everyone on the way out) and got a new job (and a FIAT 500). I saw the first Antares rocket launch and we had a horsey summer at Chincoteague. We rode roller coasters in Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Hersheypark, and heritage railroads in Cumberland and Romney. More happened, but for now I’m kinda glad 2013 is over.