Special Edition - January 01, 2008

I should write something meaningful to mark the beginning of a new year....

I got up at about sunrise, having fallen asleep last night watching tv waiting for new year The rest of the family had gone to bed around 10...even the pup! I roused her out of her bed, and we went about the usual morning stuff, going out to let her do her morning duty while coffee brewed. I watched the sunrise, with a slight mist in the air, and then looked skyward to see the moon. (see photo)

I always worry at the beginning of the year about all sort of things we can't control...destiny type questions. So every new year, i try to arise with the sun and say a prayer, that maybe this will be the year we see no more wars, that maybe we start to finish what we started in cleaning the environment(Remember Earth Day?), that maybe we in this country elect someone president who is actually qualified to do the job, based on life experience and not having a sack full of money and powerful friends...maybe I ask too much. So as I said yesterday, I hope you have a happy new year.