Happy New Year, World!

In less than a year, this dorky blogger has somehow managed to attract thousands of visitors from dozens of countries to Pencil in Paradise. What the? However you've stumbled upon Paradise--via Google, eCoronado, sandiego.com, examiner.com, americantowns.com, Google news, the National Book Foundation, Oprah (just kidding), Blogger, various social media outlets, or elsewhere (maybe you're my friend and you feel obligated)--I thank you for penciling in paradise.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, WORLD!!!

New year hugs to Pencil in Paradise readers in the following countries (in no particular order--you're all my favorites):

1. Australia
2. United States
3. South Africa
4. Dominican Republic
5. Turkmenistan
6. Venezuela
7. Thailand
8. Montenegro
9. Ecuador
10. United Kingdom
11. Brazil
12. Philippines
13. Belgium
14. Russia
15. Israel
16. Japan
17. Germany
18. Canada
19. France
20. South Korea
21. Luxembourg
22. Czech Republic
23. Mexico
24. Switzerland
25. Fiji
26. Denmark
27. Sweden
28. Egypt
29. Pakistan
30. Netherlands
31. Romania
32. Austria
33. Hong Kong
34. Nepal
35. Taiwan
36. Estonia
37. Italy
38. India
39. Vietnam

Thank you, friends, and have a festive and healthy new year. I hope you'll meet me on the coast again in 2011. I happen to like your company very much.

Kayaks on the Coast--Happy New Year!
(Awesomely amateur photo credit: Carrie Keyes)

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*Hey world! Visit Coronado and San Diego in 2011!
*YouTube song of the week is this hauntingly beautiful version of Auld Lang Syne.

(Carrie Keyes is the world renown (ha ha) author of the blog Pencil in Paradise at www.carriekeyes.com. You can also find Carrie's work featured on www.eCoronado.com and www.sandiego.com. Find Paradise on Facebook (search Pencil in Paradise) and on Twitter (@CarrieKeyes).