Hello 2025: what's changed and what's not in my RDA life?
Orli and Wilbur sharing a quiet moment at Christmas, complete with tinsel Happy New Year! 2024 was a huge year: not only did I change my RDA group, which had never been part of the plan, I became a founding trustee of a brand new one. New Year is a traditional time for reflection, and I've used this year's Christmas break to reflect on the fact that although it's been far from a bad year, it's been a lot , and that's why I've not felt as able as I'd like to write about it. The beginning of 2024 rounded off a really difficult era which had a lot of potential for putting me off RDA entirely and going off in search of a hobby that was easier, or at least more self-serving. I'm glad it didn't: although the year was full of challenges and strange situations which were way off any reasonable person's predictions, it's been uplifting, fun, and exciting. Starting a new RDA group is interesting, and it's also something we need more people to be ...
