I'll tell you a half-dozen things that happened to me in Indiana when I went that far west to teach. You tell me if it was worth it. I lived in the country with my dog— part of the bargain of coming. And there was a pond with fish from, I think, China. I felt them sometimes against my feet. Also, they crept out of the pond, along its edges, to eat the grass. I'm not lying. And I saw coyotes, two of them, at dawn, running over the seemingly unenclosed fields. And once a deer, but a buck, thick-necked, leaped into the road just-oh, I mean just, in front of my car— and we both made it home safe. And once the blacksmith came to care for the four horses, or the three horses that belonged to the owner of the house, and I bargained with him, if I could catch the fourth, he, too, would have hooves trimmed for the Indiana winter, and apples did it, and a rope over the neck did it, so I won something wonderful; and there was, one morning, an owl flying, oh pale angel, into the hay loft o...
Happy New Year! Here's hoping that 2012 is a year of fabulosity for all of us.
ReplyDeleteVery wise words to live by. Happy New Year and keep your eyes open for unexpected shiny objects.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, may all your dreams come true.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Adieu 2011!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year - Looking forward to 2012. Love the graphic!
ReplyDeleteI hope the door didn't hit 2011 in the rear on its way out! Glad to see it go and welcome the new opportunities of 2012!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, friend!
This is wonderful and inspiring. Happy New Year to you!
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