Onward and upward into the new year

One year ago, this little blog had fewer than 1,000 unique visitors a month. Now, it has more than 6,000. (OK, so it's no YouTube, but our subject is relatively narrow; country- and trade- specific.) Some visitors are tire-kickers, just passing through, but many of you come here regularly, for which we're very grateful. The visits, the passalongs to friends and colleagues, the click-throughs to