What is it about a new year that inspires so much ambition? Where does that fresh start attitude really come from? January is so many things to so many different people. For me it is simply all about the books:
- Death Comes to An Archbishop by Willa Cather in honor of New Mexico becoming a state in January
- Biggest Elvis by P.F. Kluge in honor of the King’s birthday and P.F. Kluge having a January birthday as well.
- Book of Puka-puka by Robert Dean Frisbie in honor of National Geographic month
- Devices and Desires by P.D. James in honor of January being mystery month
- Red Death by Walter Mosely in honor of Walter’s birthday being in January
- Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman in honor of Barbara’s birthday being in January
I haven’t decided on any “if there is time” books because I don’t think I’ll get through what I have chosen (Guns of August is over 500 pages long). Also, I don’t know if I was chosen for a LibraryThing Early Review book for January. I guess we’ll find out by the time I write “January Was…”
For Christmas I received only one book, Nourishing Wisdom by Marc David. A gift from my sister, I plan to read it over the next two to three months. It’s not all that long (185 pages) but I want to take my time with it.
For other resolutions it is running just a little more, maybe drinking coffee a little less. It’s eating a little more healthy, maybe seducing the vending machine a little less. It is writing there more often, maybe blogging here a little less. It is giving up crutches and leaning more on the ones who matter most. Like I said, it is so many different things. I want to thank Sarah and Gnash for their inspiration. Both have amazing ambitions and they have no idea how much I will be cheering them on throughout 2009.
~*LunaSea*~ 
u rock! i wish i was gutsy enough to take a picture like that..let alone post it!
lets make sure we kick some january ass! 🙂
u would be proud of me! i already kicked some ass with a 3.25 mile run in the snow. It was wild (and fr-fr-freezing)! 🙂
i am proud!
Thanks!!!!
glad to see that picture again. it really is frickin’ awesome!!! hope you’re doing ok. i miss you lots and feel like i’ve dropped off the face of the earth lately. we need a wine night soon. xoxo
bec~ I have missed you! Things are getting better but I didn’t want to bother you with my dark cloud moment(s) when they weren’t. Hope that makes sense. We definitely need a wine night – name it, girl!
makes perfect sense as i’ve been there too. i want to talk before this weekend but i’m a bundle of nerves and not sure i could do the conversation justice. maybe a short (no wine involved) chat later this week and then a real one next week?
It will have it’s own unique ups and downs, but I expect that 2009 will be a grand adventure for you one way or another. 🙂