Spend less time on the internet...

....was the first item on my New Year's resolutions, and I have been keeping that one, hence no posts here.
I am working on a couple of book reviews that should be up soon, as well as two other posts that are sitting in limbo. So I will have some more goods for you posted here soon. Just don't expect things to be like old times. No more daily posts, or twice daily posts. Well, good talkin to you again, life is good here, I hope things are the same with you,
El Deano

My New Years Resolutions

OK, I said I would get these posted today, and it is almost midnight - so here we go...
1. spend less time on the internet
2. Work to make my sons life better
3. Embrace the potential of each moment to transform
4. climb a mountain
7. Spend more time in Nature
10. dance more
11. become more involved in my community
12. exercise daily
17. get in touch with people I have lost touch with
20. ski
Why the weird numbering? I grabbed some of these from my list on the site 43things.com, that I posted about earlier.
Feedback, and support is always appreciated,
Happy New Year,
El Deano

My New Year's

New Years at the beach - I can’t remember ever spending New Year’s Eve alone. But this year I didn’t have any options I was very excited about. I am not in love, my best friend is out of town, and more importantly, I really felt deep down, that I needed to be alone. Originally I planned on just spending it at home. But I knew one of my resolutions was going to be to spend more time in nature, and where better to celebrate the new year? So I packed up my journal, flash lights, rain coat, a sleeping bag, a bottle of champagne, and headed for the coast.
It was pouring rain on my way out, and I figured I was in for a wet experience. But the clouds parted and the stars met me as I made my way to the ocean. Not just the stars, but bursting explosions of light. I could see them flashing across the sky as I got closer. As I continued on I realized they were fireworks. They guided my way until I reached the beach when the grand finale' exploded filling the sky. It was a wonderful welcome, but I needed to get somewhere a little more remote. I found a place about an hour up the coast, with clear skies, crashing surf, wide beaches and no light pollution. It was beautiful. Amazing. Enlightening. The crashing surf and it’s rhythms and the stars, and the perspective they give us, as specks upon a speck, all sharing this little piece of space.