THE COUNTdown

BY TRACY SCHLAPP & DANNY WILSON

We end the year with a tally of our accomplishments and an ambitious list of goals for The PonyXpress in 2025. January Takes a Vacation by Clay Faro is a little send up to the hardworking month of January. ”When you look over there, you might see “December” (from the year before) as he/she soaks up a few rays of warm sunshine before taking up its required place at the end of this calendar year, 2024. (You may have noted a shiver or two, as winters come cold in this hemisphere!) I would hope that you will also have (in your reality) the hope that you are not taken for granted, dear January.”

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