Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone!  Wow, 2010.  Who would have ever though we would get here and to the point of saying "twenty-ten" instead of "two thousand" and something?  Hard to believe it has been ten years since the change of the millenium.  10 years ago, everyone was worrying that the world was going to end or at the very least a huge computer crash.  How quaint those worries seem now.  And doomsday has been pushed out to 2012 (December 21 I think.)  I suspect it may get pushed back further once we get there.


I love New Years Day.  It is a day of fresh starts and old traditions.  A time of both reflection and new hope.  In my family we have two traditions.  First of course is black eyed peas, hog jowl, and turnip greens.  I am not a big hog jowl fan, but I love black eyed peas and the greens.  The legend is this brings you good fortune in the new year.


The other tradition we have is to open all of the blinds and curtains on New Years Day.  No matter how cold or sometimes even dreary it is.  By doing this we are letting in the light of the new year.  It is the light of hope. No matter how bad things may have been in 2009, New Years Day 2010 and the light that it brings is the hope that the new year will be better.  I hope the light of New Years Day illuminates the year for all of you.  Have a safe, healthy, prosperous and most of all happy 2010.