"To the New Year" by W.S. Merwin

With what stillness at last
you appear in the valley

your first sunlight reaching down

to touch the tips of a few

high leaves that do not stir

as though they had not noticed

and did not know you at all

then the voice of a dove calls

from far away in itself

to the hush of the morning

so this is the sound of you
here and now whether or not

anyone hears it this is

where we have come with our age

our knowledge such as it is

and our hopes such as they are

invisible before us

untouched and still possible

"To the New Year" by W.S. Merwin from Collected Poems: 1996-2011. © The Library of America, 2011. 

It's 2016

WARM WISHES 

FOR A 

COZY AND PEACEFUL NEW YEAR.

New Year's Resolution

Fish with a better class of people.

From The Salmon Fly: How to Dress It and Use It, by George M. Kelson, 1895.

Happy New Year!

A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!

May 2015 be your best year yet.

"To the New Year" by W.S. Merwin

With what stillness at last

you appear in the valley

your first sunlight reaching down

to touch the tips of a few

high leaves that do not stir

as though they had not noticed

and did not know you at all

then the voice of a dove calls

from far away in itself

to the hush of the morning

so this is the sound of you

here and now whether or not

anyone hears it this is

where we have come with our age

our knowledge such as it is

and our hopes such as they are

invisible before us

untouched and still possible

"To the New Year" by W.S. Merwin, from Collected Poems 1996-2011. © Library of America, 2013.

A Toast To the Trout

On a cold, windy afternoon I took an end-of-the-year drive. I decided to head up the road that has taken me to Trout Lake so many times.

It was a leisurely drive, with many stops to enjoy the sights. I got as far as Fish Lake where I decided to leave Trout Lake for another day. Like saving a present to open later.

The trout up there are tucked in under the ice. So here's a toast to you, Trout, for a Happy New Year and a safe winter. See you, Spring 2015.

Happy New Year!

Wishing you a

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

May 2014 be the best yet for you and yours.

Happy New Year!

2012 was a good year. One of the very best of the year's events was the arrival of Iris, our first granddaughter, on April 18.

What a great pleasure to be with her tonight in Indiana on her very first New Year's Eve.

Happy New Year, everybody, from me and Iris. (And Radar.) May 2013 be your best year yet.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thanks for being a part of this blog in 2011.

Here's wishing you all the best in 2012.