it is now or not

have you ever tried to take a photo while holding a sparkler??

The time has come

To stop allowing the clutter
To clutter my mind
Like dirty snow,
Shove it off and find
Clear time, clear water.

Time for a change,
Let silence in like a cat
Who has sat at my door
Neither wild nor strange
Hoping for food from my store
And shivering on the mat.

Let silence in.
She will rarely speak or mew,
She will sleep on my bed
And all I have ever been
Either false or true
Will live again in my head.

For it is now or not
As old age silts the stream,
To shove away the clutter,
To untie every knot,
To take the time to dream,
To come back to still water.

"New Year Resolve" by May Sarton, from Collected Poems 1930-1993

I don't do resolutions (and have enjoyed reading all the scientific research saying they don't work), but a college classmate gave me the idea to write a letter to myself on New Year's Eve.  I began this tradition while in England and now have 27 years worth of letters.  It's a bit surreal to read things written by my 20 something self~but it's a tradition I intend to continue.

Here's to a new calendar page.