It's back and all new, almost. After nine months (gestation), the Hours are a new balance of editorializing, counseling and some brass tacks retail thrown in. Stay tuned for my explanation and exploration of balance in the new decade.

In the meantime, enjoy this op-ed piece from today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/opinion/24singloh.html . Sandra Loh manages to get off a nice description of the modern woman's mantra, "What I need is a wife" without regret or acerbic comment. It is what it is and while I usually fantasize about retreating to the mountains with the monks, Loh heads into a "Mad Men" fantasy of her own. At the end of the (long) day we each head back to reality. Success is reserved as reward for those who manage one step at a time through the many land mines of modern marriage.