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.
New Year Courage . . .
It's Tiw's day … the eve of the new year calendar. TulseyTown is greeting the day with strong, cold Northerlies and clouds.
I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage. – Susan Sontag
So, it's a new year. So what?
Often regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century, Henri Matisse was born on this date in 1869 HenLe Cateau, Picardy, France.
Two of the best actors of our time share today's birthdate and both are Brits: Sir Ben Kingsley turns 81. He was born in 1943 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. And Sir Anthony Hopkins is 87 today, born in 1937 Port Talbot, West Glamorgan, Wales
Moving on requires letting go …
In the midst of overwhelming circumstance, no different from our own tumultuous times, in politics, war or persecution, human beings have always been called to a form of radical simplification, to returning to a true foundation from which they can step into a new life: to the making of new promises and the letting go of old ones. Our New Year’s resolutions are but magnified versions of this ancient taking on and giving up. The understanding has always been that firstly we have to give away something precious; something we previously thought was fundamental: then in this giving away we come to ground in our possibilities again, possibilities that were previously hidden by our too complicated view of what needed to be done, and who we needed to be in order to do it. – David Whyte.
Smith smite because the night . . .
It's the Moon's day … and a new one at that. The patchy fog and clouds over TulseyTown this morning are to give way to Westerlies clearing by the afternoon. Northerlies bring real Winter tomorrow. Slow posting today: paid bills, balanced, etc. That time of the month.
Catching up
In case you missed it, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed groundbreaking legislation that holds major fossil fuel companies accountable for their role in climate change. This new law requires these corporations to contribute to New York’s efforts to combat climate change, shifting the financial burden from everyday citizens to the biggest polluters.
St. Thomas Becket was martyred on yesterday's date in the cathedral at Canterbury, England.
Yesterday was the 134th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890. Heather Cox Richardson wrote a book about the event and posted a remembrance in her Letters From An American.
Former President Jimmy Carter died yesterday. Heather Cox Richardson reflected on his legacy in Letters From An American.
Joyce Vance noted Carter's passing in her Civil Discourse blog before exploring The Week Ahead, which looks to be a tempestuous one.
Today, Dr. Vance posted a timely reminder about the next president of the United States on today’s Civil Discourse blog .
Also Tiger Woods is celebrating his 49th birthday today. He was born in 1975, Cypress, California
And, Patti Smith turns 76 today. The poet, songwriter, singer was born in 1946 Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Smith was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007. The ceremony is worth checking out, esp. her rendition of “Because the Night.”