A New Calendar

Sunrise through the trees

NOTE:  I'll be away until the end of the month and am not yet sure if I'll post during that time.  If not, I'll resume posting on February 1st.  


Ah, yes, it's that time of year when we get out the new calendars and sit down with a cup of tea to write in the important dates, the dental appointments, property tax payments, kid birthdays.  I still use a physical calendar--not an online version--because I like something tactile with beautiful art-work.  For several years now I've received the gift of a 7" x 7" calendar displaying the works of Wolf Kahn, one of my favorite landscape artists who now mostly paints trees.  Trees at sunrise, at sunset, magenta trees, cobalt blue trees, some by a barn, some near a river.  I like the size and feel of it and the fact that it's within easy reach.

So, with a new year, it's time to begin doing again all those things we just completed--gathering IRS material, starting over with deductibles, renewing magazines and memberships, making annual contributions, plus, of course, watching the seasons progress from black fly to mosquito to hurricane to holiday.  To say nothing of looking ahead to good times.  The beginning of the farmers market.  Visits from friends.  Dying Easter eggs.  Getting out the grill.  Feeling the shift from summer's humidity to fall's crispness.  Some of these events make their way onto my calendar.  But many just arrive in their own good time.

Happy 2014!