Dear January,
After the explosion of holiday glitter and year-end festivities, you provide aย place of calm and quiet. We humans love to mark everything in stretches of time, and for those of us fortunate enough to see another new year, January provides a fresh start. ย A new year. A chance to do things betterย during the next trip around the sun. I hope to build on the positive and leaveย behind the negative.
Painted in silver and white and shades of winter, January, I welcome theย honesty you bring, yourย landscape real and raw. You provideย restful time to reload and rechargeย for the busyness of spring.
I’ll build a fire in the fireplaceย and keep it burning. I’ll eat black-eyed peas and collards and cabbage, all those New Year foods that promiseย luck and health and wealth,ย lore passed down from generations.
Decemberย has fadedย into a chilly Januaryย morning. 2015 was a good year for me, a blur of writing. Thank you, January, forย a new year of possible.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Grace Grits and Gardening
Farm. Food. Garden. Life.
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Musical Pairing:
January Hymn, The Decemberists
I am thankful for January.
Happy New Year!