chchchchchchchange!

dear readers,

as you will certainly have noticed, a great deal of change has come to a very nonny mouse. at first we, the editors, were wary of bringing such dramatic change to a publication that, we say with humility, has done so well and done so (much) good for so many years for so many people: it’s the old if “it ain’t broke,” right? but then, well, to put it simply, an air of change swept the country, nay, the entire world, and what could we do but follow it, nay, embrace it? what indeed?

here is then the new and improved mouse. we realize it will take you some time to get accustomed to the new features, the new outlook, in other words, the radical newness of it all. but you have bowled us over with your faithfulness, love, creativity, and sheer smarts over and over and over through the years, and we know we’d be condescending to you if we doubted for a second that you’ll embark on this adventure with less enthusiasm than that with which we invite you on it.

as mouse editors, we are of course in the simultaneously uncomfortable and privileged position of making decisions without consulting and referending our readership. uncomfortable because, as the bard said, uneasy lies the head that wears the crown; privileged because we have never seen our role as editors as anything other than: service.

it is to this service that i want to return, then, at the end of this letter. service is the word we live by, the spirit that sustains us, the beverage that quenches our thirst, the sleep that soothes us at night. service. readers, all we do here is for you.

please accept this radically changed, we trust improved, but very much same and very much your nonny mouse with the same joy and humility with which we offer it to you.

sincerely,

jonie v.