And another New Year just begun . . .
It's Odin's day . . . the first day of a New Year, and here in TulseyTown the mailbox had frost on it.
The beginning is always today. – Mary Shelley
Every day is your birthday – Dalai Lama
Gratefulness brings joy to my life. How could I find joy in what I take for granted? The moment I stop ‘taking for granted,’ there is no end to the surprises I find. – Br. David Stendl-Rast.
Heather Cox Richardson sent a brief New Year's greeting with bit of hope in her Letters From An American.
Meanwhilst...
Today is the birth date of J.D. Salinger in1919 New York City. At one time or another, his novel Catcher in the Rye has been both the most banned book in America and one of the most assigned books in American classrooms.
And novelist E.M. Forster was born on this date in 1879 London.
We lost some truly great creatives this past year. IMDB provided a memoriam.
May your hands always be busy / May your feet always be swift / May you have a strong foundation / When the winds of changes shift. – Bob Dylan, “Forever Young,” 1974
For A New Year
Let plain things please you again
... Looking up from this page
let all of it surprise you—
piled mail, other people, the air.