Happy new years!

Tonight is New Years. Not our new years, of course, that was 3 months ago. Tonight is the goyish new year, and it symbolizes the end of and era, and the beginning of a new time. No more 2009, now it's 2010. The funny thing is, I've already been thinking of it as 2010 for awhile now. Much like you view yourself as a year older then you are as you approach your birthday. And then when it comes the new number seems natural, not new at all.

I wonder if people will refer to it as the year 'two thousand and ten' or 'twenty ten'. Interesting thought.

Tonight there will be swarms of people converging on Times Square. I was gonna be one of those people, but as it turns out, I'm home instead, nice warm and cozy, as it rains outside. I have to say, with all this talk about the ball dropping (no pun intended) it would have been cool to actually view it, after wondering about it for years, and never actually having seen it.

I have a mental image every year when it comes to new years. In the kids show 'Arthur' (one of my best childhood memories) the kids thought that there was a calendar police, and that at midnight on the dot they had to throw out their old calendars, and put up the new one. If they didn't do this the police would come. But they were kids, and so they fell asleep. And there was no calendar police after all.

I'm in a reflecting mood. Thoughtful. No, this holiday and celebration has no relevance or significance to me. But it is a change. And when something changes, things don't stay the same,. They are different. (That is like such a 'duh' moment.)

Only if you want to, pull out your party blower, and when the clock strikes midnight, give it a blow. There is a tradition to kiss someone at midnight. I will not be keeping that tradition this year, unless my mama's up, and cheek counts.

Look back at the past year, then look ahead, and don't look back again.

Happy new years, may it be a good one!