Categories: seasons
Date: 31 December 2009 23:01:17
and Happy New Decade!
It's only just recently occurred to me that we are entering a new decade. I can hardly believe that it is 10 years since I stood on London Bridge on Millennium Eve watching fireworks with several million other people and tramping home with a few hundred thousand.
Time is a funny concept - I'm not sure I'll ever understand its elasticity. It isn't helped by the fact that on 21 December when I popped into the local Tesco to find some portable provisions for my journey to the frozen north of Denmark, there was a huge display of those seasonal favourites - hot cross buns. Yesterday I was in the same shop and was arrested by the sight of a display of Cadbury's creme eggs.
The Pa-rent doesn't really hold with the idea of celebrating New Year. He asserts that every day is the beginning of a new year - it just depends on where you start counting from. However, I think Tesco hasn't quite got the hang of the meaning of a movable feast.
The beginning of a new (calendar) year and a new decade (if you are following the accepted Christian calendar) makes me feel as if I should be marking their advent in a significant way. I haven't really started thinking about momentous resolutions/life improvements/goals/ yet. Perhaps these will develop with the help of a glass of wine or two.
In the meantime, while I await inspiration, I wish you the compliments of the season and all the best for a new decade.