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Like The Queen

Whatever happens to strike my fancy, but surely some sort of fiber content.

January 3

It's Resolution time for two thousand and nine.

I should never assume I know myself completely because at that very moment a surprising discovery will completely change my self definition. For something like 46 years – since that is as far back as I can remember making resolutions in January, I have looked forward to, prepared for and savored that first January afternoon when I would sit down and make New Year's Resolutions. Lovely lists of the things I want to do Lists for self improvement. Lists for health. Lists on colored paper to that get cut into strips and pulled out of a jar to inspire creativity.

And here on January third of 2009, I am without a list.

It isn't that I don't have any desire to improve, to experiment, to explore. I am looking forward to the thrilling gift of 365 days with which to play and indulge and soar. Perhaps it is because there is already so much waiting ahead for me in January – and February and, by golly, every single month, week, day, minute of 2009, that there isn't enough paper to put everything down on a list.

So much already lies ahead in 2009 and so much more is bound to develop. It all deserves something better, something more encompassing, than a mere list and while browsing around my favorite blogs in December, I discovered just what I was looking for. M has chosen a Word of the Year for 2009: Dare. Following her links I ran across

January 1

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December 31 2008

More Horoscopes

Saying the same thing

You may be setting out on a grand adventure or an opportunity may arise for you to have a rather luxurious larger than life experience. Be drawn to that which makes opens you up to the true strength of your being. Don't be afraid to reach for something even if it feels a little daunting. A hugely creative idea could also be a very lucrative one and it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. As long as you know where your heart belongs you will not loose sight of reality. No matter how far you travel, you will always be connected in spirit with those that are part of your daily life.

I do have an unbelievable collection of larger than life things blooming in my immediate future and I can't see that any of them will taper off and leave me with idle time. Most of the time I walk around pumped and full of energy about them. Sometimes at 3 a.m. I am overwhelmed and a little sad that I have swapped leisurely piddling and deep concentration on self for catching the wave right at the curl.

Later today I will make my New Years choices and this weekend I'll write about them here.

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December 30 2008

Two Horoscopes

From Mr.H:

Tomorrow night brings the awkward convergence of an earthly tradition and a cosmic apparition. Normally, New Year's Eves come and go without too much fuss. We celebrate. We sing. We make our resolutions then we carry on. But what if some heavenly force were secretly listening in to our every vow, offering full celestial support in ensuring those promises were completely carried out? Tomorrow night, Saturn turns stationary. Such conditions favor those who wish to make a decision and 'cast it in concrete' so that it can never be changed. Be very careful not to make a 'negative' resolution.

Don't fear the worst; imagine the best. Employ your powers of creativity to conjure up a scenario in which everything works out wonderfully. The eventual outcome, of course, won't match this idealistic vision. It will, though, resemble it more than it does the more gloomy picture you feel tempted to paint. You are right to concentrate on the carrot that lies before you rather than the stick that looms behind you. For, even in these last few remaining hours of 2008, it is possible to achieve something you feel justly proud of. You haven't got a 'problem'. You have an incredible opportunity.

And from Ms.H:

When it comes to seizing opportunities you've learned now that sometimes you just have to take the plung

December 29 2008

Come take a walk with me

Yesterday was a gloriously blue sky day - with temperatures that felt more like mid spring than late December. It was too pretty to stay inside so off I went with two of the pups.

The walk down the lane starts in the front yard but it is flanked on the left by forest

and on the right by open fields and the vast dome of the sky.

Interesting deadfalls litter the understorey

which is mostly made u