New Year's Day

Maclean's magazine recently asked well-known Canadians what they expected the new year to bring.

They were limited to exactly 15 words - quite a challenge!








 

If asked, I'd paraphrase Don Cherry's comment: More of the same! (Guaranteed!)










Reflecting on the New Year, I wondered what I had written about in previous years, what I had been thinking about. Here is a synopsis!

2014:

• On New Year's Eve, the English poem "Ring Out, Wild Bells", now a Swedish New Year's tradition
• On the 1st: Practical things to do on New Year's Day

2013:

• On New Year's Eve: Remembering our December 31, 1981 move into our home
• On  the 1st: Move On! (Leave the Past Behind)

2012:

• On New Year's Eve: Choosing a word-goal for the year ahead.
• On the 1st: A Prayer For the New Year

2011:

• On New Year's Eve: My mother's perspective... on me!
• On the 1st: Contemplating change

2010:

• On New Year's Eve: A case for tidying the house on New Year's Eve
• On the 1st: Looking forward... or back?

And that's as far back as I can go. On January 13, 2009, I started my blog!