I went to bed last night thinking that I did not really like odd-numbered years for some gut-level reason. I suppose I don’t put in much time thinking about this since roughly 50% of my life will be spent in odd-numbered years and wishing away half your life is not smart – especially since I sleep away a third of it.

I am taking a long time to say that I grimaced at the thought of 2013 (emphasized by the traditionally unlucky “13” ) and then thought, “Oh, rats, I really can’t hurry this year along because I will turn 65 in it and, wow, that is a milestone tripping spot on my way to the more comforting 2014.”

This morning I took a deep breath, opened my laptop and looked at an Internet news site. I saw a picture of Joe Biden and his grin and since AmeliaJake can’t stand that man, shuddered and decided to look elsewhere.

I have been reading a blog named Rechelle Unplugged; Rechelle is a very intelligent woman and she has recently moved from her dream house. She announced it a few weeks ago and then, yesterday, spoke in more detail about the move. She wrote she decided to put her house on sale in June, thinking it would take a year or so to sell, but she did not say why she decided to do that.

Quite frankly, Rechelle has within the past couple of years become an atheist  – an out-spoken one. She has done this in rural Kansas. She has also authored Pie Near Woman, a satire of  the Sooner Ree Drummond’s Pioneer Woman site, which many would have preferred to be later than sooner and, actually, never. There are folks, though, who are PW’s fans and can’t take Rechelle’s site as satire.

This – the atheism and the satire site –  might (cough) not have been the best PR for Rechelle in her rural Kansas town and, honestly, it crossed my mind that her husband’s career might have been affected, not to mention the social interactions within the community for her.

I was curious and thought about that ‘why’ but did not know how I wanted to word my inquiry. Then, having bailed from the news site, I got the bright idea that perhaps someone else had asked it and went to the comment section to look.

Yes,  Wandering Chopsticks had done just that. I clicked on that site on a whim and found it is a really good blog. At first glance, I thought it was all about food, but it far more than that and I read several posts. The lady who writes it says as a child she would check out volumes of the encyclopedia from the library just to, well, I guess, learn about whatever. Finding her site, I feel as if I too have accessed a source of things I did not know and she is an articulate guide.

Of course, this is all a vague description because I have just found this site and because she is precise in stating what one can and cannot do in reference to her site. It is all common-sense – courtesy and permission types of stuff; I want to be careful not to cite anything in particular until I have my crediting ducks in order. In short, I would say, if you think I have some good sense, you would probably find it worth checking into on your own.

So, this odd-numbered year, which is further marked by triskaidekaphobic possibilities, has not started out badly for me. Of course, I will knock on wood and cross my fingers and, feel happy to be in 2013 and that turning 65 is better than not.