Me: Happy New Year. Welcome to 2026.

Nell: That’s Nigel.

Me: I thought a smiling Nigel at a beautiful beach would be just right to welcome in 2026.

Nell: What about a smiling Nell?

Me: A smiling Nell is not something I see very often and you were featured yesterday in your party hat.

Nell: Talking of party hats, you didn’t wear yours for very long last night.

Me: I wore my cowboy hat.

Nell: True.

Me: And I line danced with the llamas.

Nell: It felt like the whole village line danced with the llamas.

Me: No, that was the conga line.

Nell: Moving on, it’s not only the start of a new year but also the start of a new month.

Me: Yes. January. My birthday month.

Nell: So what do you need to do?

Me: Look forward to my birthday instead of complaining about getting older?

Nell: I was talking about sharing the website where people can support your writing.

Me: I’m not sure anyone is going to want to do that. They’ll all be recovering from last night.

Nell: Just share the website please. You write a new conversation every day and you’ve been doing it since 2018.

Me: It’s https://buymeacoffee.com/saramartin.

Nell: Good.

Me: Thank you so much in advance. I really appreciate it.

Nell: We all do.

Me: It really makes a difference.

Nell: Anyway, back to Nigel. Why is he here on a Thursday?

Me: It’s New Year’s Day.

Nell: Nigel visits us at weekends.

Me: He’s spending a long weekend with us and so is my sister Charlotte.

Nell: Charlotte is always welcome.

Me: And so is Nige.

Nell: His name is Nigel. If he’s been chosen to welcome in 2026 you need to call him by his full name.

Me: Yes. Sorry.