(image taken from the book cover for The Best Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Seventh Series, copyright 1956, that I picked up for almost nothing at a used bookstore
yesterday. Isn’t it wonderful?!?)
“New Year’s eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.”
~Hamilton Wright Mabie
The rapid passage of time has once again brought us to the beginning of a new year. Though a seemingly arbitrary thing–after all, it is just another day–the act of closing the door on the previous year and stepping through to the new one brings with it a sense of regeneration and renewal. Hope springs eternal, and whether 2009 was a wonderful year for you or not, we can all agree that we have hope that 2010 will be a much better year in every area of our lives.
Please be safe as you bid 2009 farewell.
My wishes for each and every one of you for 2010 are the same:
