Byron Edgington's Blog - Posts Tagged "end-of-year"

Why so grim? They do call the fellow the 'grim reaper' after all. This is one of the differences I've always had with a lot of folks. See, it's all perspective. A lot of people see December 31st bearing down and think grim, the end, it's over. I look at it and see January and the start of a new year, with new possibilities. What's the male equivalent to Pollyanna? Paullyhoma? I'll take it. No resolutions. They seem to be little more than a quick way to convince us how fickle, feckless and fragile we are. Get the 'F' words out of the way early, I say. Let's fling ourselves into the festivities and flourish in the new year. It's almost 2013, the Mayans are still around--some of them--and we for sure are. Onward! This year ('13) I will complete three new works: A Meeting in Waterloo, nearly complete as I write this; ER In the Sky, a follow-up to The Sky Behind Me; Waiting for Willie Pete, a Helicopter Novel of Vietnam. It's going to be (literally) a very good year indeed.