Reznjun

many of us will reach a point where turning the page on a calendar becomes an insignificant event. i probably have more years behind me than i have ahead of me. i am thankful that i can look back. and forward. the calendar year is over. a new year awaits us.

i had dinner with some friends of mine at our casino recently. one lady asked me what i thought the new year will bring. without missing a beat i answered ‘’some celebrity will have an affair, a few other celebrities will have problems with alcohol or drugs, a world leader will die, we will have flooding and fires, wars will continue in the world.”  i dont have a crystal ball. i said those are the same headlines we had last year and the year before. so the same things will probably continue to happen. another friend said i must have been waiting a long time with that answer. i said not really, you just see the same things over and over. we dont always learn from history.

i dont know what the coming year will bring. sometimes i  have a cynical attitude, other times i am an incurable optimist. certainly we will have good times as well as bad times. that is part of life. one can hope for the best though. i wish men could lay down arms and live in peace. that we could live without hate and jealousy. and no one would go hungry while others have too much. i dont know how likely that is though. we will live through whatever the new year brings.

i have seen a few television shows that show the best of and worst of for the past year. i dont know how they arrive at some of these things as being the most important events that happened in the past year. some of them are so trivial when thinking of larger events in life.

there are a few things i would like to see this year. i hope that the kansas university jayhawks win the national championship in basketball this year. that is an achievable goal. anything less will be a disappointment. life will go on though if they dont. i know the next jayhawk  team will have the same expectations.

i hope i have a good garden again this coming year. i never know. gardening is so simple. you put seed in the ground and walk away. then you come back later and pick fresh vegetables. there are so many variables in between. is the ground right. do we have enough rain. is there enough sunshine. will the rabbits leave my cantaloupes alone. one never knows. it is always worth the gamble though. we will can more this coming year. the ice storm the other year taught us that.

i will replace the female red heeler i lost. i want a mate for my dog ko nu gish. he is such a good friend. when i lost that little pup for some reason i thought of an absurd joke. an indian lost his dog so he said ”dog gone”. i dont know why that thought came to me. i guess to remind me to take things as they come.

at any rate this year brings with it promise. happy new year to all.