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urbpanI don't know what this new year will bring with it. I see it as a bridge year, where big changes that are going to happen in the following year will get their start.
The kid is going to start her Senior year in high school in September; This means that changes that have been put off until she moves on with her life will have to be confronted. The pressure to avoid another New England winter will push very hard at our roots.
Then there's the promise of a new Presidential Administration, and the incredible challenges that this young man will have to lead our country through. I still have hope, and I'm still optimistic that this new inclusive, unity-building kind of presidency can make some real positive changes. We have to be prepared for the fact that Obama simply can't do all the things that were promised in the campaign, but that he is a better leader for our challenges than Bush, Cheney, McCain, and many others. Hillary will have a major role in restoring the world's confidence in the United States, and I'm happy to see Bill Richardson and other prominent democrats in the cabinet. I hope Obama's selection of republicans for certain roles will help bring unity, and encourage the right wing to try to work with the Administration, rather than attempting to stonewall everything they do.
As far as the decision to include Rick Warren in the inauguration, Adam Felber has some encouraging words about that.
I don't have a blog project for 2009, and even though I agonized over it in 2008 and ended up with a collection of small unfinished projects, I'm not going to let it bother me. I like where this liejournal thing is now. It offers me a good place to express myself in a variety of ways, and I love the constant input from and dialogue with lj friends and "anonymous."
I'm thinking I might do a picture a day thing, just to keep me looking around. Miz Geek's shopping cart series was very inspiring. She took pictures of this abandoned shopping cart in the swamp near her house, and this morning posted the whole year. Locked in ice in January, anchoring amphibian eggs in April, dry in July and submerged again in August. A man made object thrust into nature; a piece of garbage from on viewpoint, but so much more in that series of photos.
I don't usually thing of the calendar year as being so important as other turning points in the year. If I had my way, the Spring Equinox would be the new year mark. Two weeks into the winter makes no sense at all.
It's pretty out there today, and I'm glad to have the day off. We'll walk the dogs in the snow, but will probably cuddle and watch Heroes for most of it. Happy New Year everyone.
The kid is going to start her Senior year in high school in September; This means that changes that have been put off until she moves on with her life will have to be confronted. The pressure to avoid another New England winter will push very hard at our roots.
Then there's the promise of a new Presidential Administration, and the incredible challenges that this young man will have to lead our country through. I still have hope, and I'm still optimistic that this new inclusive, unity-building kind of presidency can make some real positive changes. We have to be prepared for the fact that Obama simply can't do all the things that were promised in the campaign, but that he is a better leader for our challenges than Bush, Cheney, McCain, and many others. Hillary will have a major role in restoring the world's confidence in the United States, and I'm happy to see Bill Richardson and other prominent democrats in the cabinet. I hope Obama's selection of republicans for certain roles will help bring unity, and encourage the right wing to try to work with the Administration, rather than attempting to stonewall everything they do.
As far as the decision to include Rick Warren in the inauguration, Adam Felber has some encouraging words about that.
I don't have a blog project for 2009, and even though I agonized over it in 2008 and ended up with a collection of small unfinished projects, I'm not going to let it bother me. I like where this liejournal thing is now. It offers me a good place to express myself in a variety of ways, and I love the constant input from and dialogue with lj friends and "anonymous."
I'm thinking I might do a picture a day thing, just to keep me looking around. Miz Geek's shopping cart series was very inspiring. She took pictures of this abandoned shopping cart in the swamp near her house, and this morning posted the whole year. Locked in ice in January, anchoring amphibian eggs in April, dry in July and submerged again in August. A man made object thrust into nature; a piece of garbage from on viewpoint, but so much more in that series of photos.
I don't usually thing of the calendar year as being so important as other turning points in the year. If I had my way, the Spring Equinox would be the new year mark. Two weeks into the winter makes no sense at all.
It's pretty out there today, and I'm glad to have the day off. We'll walk the dogs in the snow, but will probably cuddle and watch Heroes for most of it. Happy New Year everyone.
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Date: 2009-01-02 01:49 am (UTC)Just wanted to mention WHY I enjoyed your blog--you make me think about things I'd never thing about for very long, and I often find myself learning about things--like banana slugs--that I'd never given too much thought to before. Your posts tend to be about things I enjoy, or am curious about, or things that I COULD enjoy or become curious about. It's a beautiful thing, to me, and I wanted to thank you for that.