The 13 Outlook
1. Some people are on their honeymoon in sunny Australia while others are preparing to fly to Florida to play golf.
2. But all you need for my kind of vacation is a little sun. Close your eyes and you’re there: anywhere.
3. No, that’s not a ski slope.
4. We didn’t see the ball drop for New Year’s Eve but we danced at the Dogtown ball. See HERE.
6. Yesterday’s Amazon searches: sparkler birthday cake candles, a minimizer bra and a cowbell.
7. That time when I slammed the front door to mimic the sound of a gun going off HERE.
8. You know how when you forget someone’s name and no matter how hard you try, even if it’s on the tip of your tongue, you can’t remember? Then you go off and do something else and the name just pops in your head? Writing poetry is like that.
9. The Muse Was Here – A thumbprint of evidence / in winter’s cold case / The muse gives witness / to the moon’s phased escape
10. At the start of this new year, 19 states and 21 cities will increase their minimum wage, hunters can wear bright pink along with blaze orange, Vermont will pay workers to move there, California will require pet stores to only sell rescue animals, Ohio will require kids to learn cursive and you’ll have to be 21 to purchase tobacco products in Massachusetts.
11. You say you want a New Year’s resolution…? Sometimes I feel left out listening to others’ specific New Years resolutions to stop smoking, lose weight, or any other number of ways to better themselves. I try to come up with a concrete resolution I can get behind. But I never feel serious, the resolution feels empty, not practical, I don’t want to announce it, hold myself to it. If it hasn’t happened yet I don’t want to beat the dead horse – More from I Came THIS Close to Making a New Year’s Resolution HERE.
12. Alone or all one?
13. Good to remember: “As the poet Rumi reminds us, we don’t have to save the world; what we must do is tune to our souls, become our own unique note and join the great song of creation ongoing.” – Micheal Meade
___________Thirteen Thursday
January 3rd, 2019 7:47 am
6 my researchs are equally as strange at times hahah
January 3rd, 2019 8:21 am
Nice 13 for the start of the year.
I agree flat footed about new year’s resolutions: a recipe for disaster and failure, all the way. Just announcing it to someone tells the brain that you’ve already done the hard work and now you can coast.
Weird, isn’t it.
I think you stop–or–start–doing something when it’s needed, not because it’s New Year’s Eve…
January 3rd, 2019 10:11 am
1) PLEASE stop talking about VT paying people to move here. Truly, we’re cool. More people not cool. Shhhh….
2) Re forgetting names: My Beloved Sandra and I are both suffering this more frequently lately. The other day we had a discussion in which neither of us could come up with an actress’s name. Couple hours later, she turns to me and says, “Jodi Foster!”
Right.
January 3rd, 2019 11:09 am
I like the sound of the Dogtown Ball.
January 3rd, 2019 12:56 pm
I don’t do resolutions for New Years. I do lists all year long. Much more productive.
As to taking a mental vacay – if only I had some sun! Well, no. I don’t actually need sunlight, but some warmth would be nice.
January 3rd, 2019 1:45 pm
Didn’t do resolutions either. Love your last quote.
January 3rd, 2019 3:13 pm
Lovely list. And this is just such a perfect thought, “You know how when you forget someone’s name and no matter how hard you try, even if it’s on the tip of your tongue, you can’t remember? Then you go off and do something else and the name just pops in your head? Writing poetry is like that.”
My resolution this year is the same it is every year. Have more fun, and spend less money.
January 8th, 2019 6:55 pm
I agree with Rumi. It takes faith to take that step, methinks. If I make a resolution it’s to find the cowbell I’m sure I have. A Joyful 2019 to you. 🙂