Tag: new year
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Last Year’s Language

For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. T.S. EliotI had a language last year,with words likelove, life, trust, work,and it brought me joy, peace, fulfillment,until it didn’t,because the ground shifted,and those things were tarnished,tainted, taken from me,like it or not.This year,a new voice emerges,bubbling up from…
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A New Kind of New Year’s Eve

I’ve never been a huge fan of New Year’s Eve. I’ve often felt pressure to be doing something exciting – going out, being with people, and drinking. Almost ever year, I have instead spent it quietly at home or a nearby friend’s house and it’s involved ordering out, a movie, and games. And I’ve loved…
