Riding the Ghost
Mount Dora in the old days The New Year started with my normal ritual. For all my life I have worked holidays. Sometime, many years ago, my wife and best friend decided they would go to new places every year for New Years and Vicki's birthday on the 3 January. After I retired I joined them on year in Apalachicola for New Year. It was not for me. They continued on their ritual and I would show up for the birthday. My ritual is on 31 Dec I get KFC and a fine bottle of wine and watch Pavarotti and Friends Concerts at full volume and and finish with Roy Orbison's Black and White album. There is a sign on the front day that says "GO AWAY" as this my solo day. It was a great time this year but I changed the wine to Prosecco as I recently went to a Champagne tasting and they served fried chicken with the most expensive bottle. I googled it when I got home and I found many articles recommending fried chicken with Champagne. None of those were in French. I did invite Lady