Well thank goodness for that . . .

The New Year is upon us and with it many changes, new challenges, opportunities and possibilities. While I'm really hoping to increase my efforts on Coastopolis during this year, indeed, while I'm really hoping to finally, actually, truly launch Coastopolis before May, things have been extremely busy and exciting. We now have a new President, and I think the image for me, that sums up the feeling of ebullience washing over the nation is this one . . .



. . . while I know one thrown shaka does not a great President make, it's still a nice image to kick off the new era with. More from Coastopolis soon!

Year End Wrap Up

Weeeeelllllll . . . so much has happened this year its hard to know where to start . . . Things in California have been keeping me busy enough that quite a bit of momentum was lost on Coastopolis, but hopefully that'll all change come the new year. We'll have a new President, we'll have a new administration, and we'll have a (re)newed belief that this country can be great and rise to meet the many challenges before it . . . but let's face it; we're also carrying quite a bit of baggage into the New Year too. While I'll leave it to other blogs to list the litany of problems and challenges that arose over 2008 lets just glance at the "coastal" year: the third most costly hurricane season on record, ongoing bad news with regards to sea level rise, more plastic in the ocean than is fathomable and to top it all off, no money.
I know this is a pretty grim way of looking at 2008. To be sure there's been quite a few wonderful things that have happened not only in the country & the world, but in the lives of millions everywhere. Still, It's the author's current mood to think, "2008, glad that's over with." I'm off to Mexico for the New Year celebrations. Hope that everybody's celebrations are joyous.

Happy New Year from everybody at Coastopolis!