New Year

[susanstinson]

Ah, you know, black-eyed peas and turnip greens on the stove, my grandmother's cornbread in the oven, a walk in the cemetery, and, last night, reading things that scared me a little, made me feel like crying, having dancers tell me I'm a dancer, watching a little girl and young women and middle-aged women do martial arts to poetry, still as tough as they want to be, hearing a few good poems, then fireworks !!!! off the parking garage at six pm, since it's dark as all get out anyway, and Indian food and forty-two and champagne with my love and someone else very dear, and someone else less known but kind. Plans to make, facts to face today, but first I better tend to those black-eyed peas.

The most delicious and varied passions to you this year, the most deep and fertile rest, plenty of sky, plenty of effort, and some unexpected or profoundly familiar connections with people who honor you.

And if you happen to get a chance to hear "Goodbye little rock-n-roller," by Marshall Chapman, don't be too cool to cry!

Comments

[daisydumont.livejournal.com]

what a beautiful blessing! thank you. i'll be hoping for "delicious and varied passions" and "deep and fertile rest." :)

the same wishes to you, susan!

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Thanks, dd. That small present will on its way next week.

[francita.livejournal.com]

Happy, happy New Year, Susan. You deserve a truly wonderful one. Thank you for your words and your kindness.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Same to you, but more!

[wandra.livejournal.com]

The most delicious and varied passions to you this year, the most deep and fertile rest, plenty of sky, plenty of effort, and some unexpected or profoundly familiar connect with people who honor you.

This is beautiful. May I quote it?

[wandra.livejournal.com]

Oops, pressed that button too soon. I meant also to wish you a very happy and wonderful New Year, too.

I was delighted to discover you had a livejournal in 2004 and have been enjoying reading it very much indeed.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Of course!

[reinventedmuse.livejournal.com]

Mmmm the food sounds wonderful, I miss that kind of food--makes me very nostalgic. I hope this New Year will be wonderful for you.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Just had it, lots of leftovers. It's true it was wonderful -- may your year be that good, too.

[ladyhawk521.livejournal.com]

"The most delicious and varied passions to you this year, the most deep and fertile rest, plenty of sky, plenty of effort, and some unexpected or profoundly familiar connections with people who honor you."
I seem to be in good company; everyone loves this wish. I added you to my list so that I can ask if I can embroider this on a pillow. (I've never actually done this, but I have lots of mental pillows from wise people I've known.)
(I don't currently have an active journal. I get paranoid and delete my entries. LJ is a great way to keep up with the life of my sister, Daisy Dumont, and I'm met some wonderful people through her journal.
My resolution today may be to put up a real journal entry. It is also to stop sleeping till noon, because it is back to work on Monday!)

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Feel free -- mental or material pillow. Nice to meet you.

[purejuice.livejournal.com]

plenty of sky. oh yes, she said. yesyesyes
as for the turnip greens, i am dreaming that your true love grew them for you, and that they are as good as the ones mark cooked for us at thanksgiving.
how do you fix your bep's???
love and happy new year, i'm so glad to know you.

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

The turnip greens were from the store -- have to buy them or do without for a while in the winter and all -- but I threw a hunk of hot pepper from her garden -- I ground up a bunch and froze them in an ice cube tray back in the abundant time -- into the beans (with onions, black pepper and beans, that's all, although my grandfather taught me to use salt pork) and made the cornbread with an egg from her hens.

Happy new years all around.

[swimunderground.livejournal.com]

What a beautiful post. Here's to reading/doing things that scare us a little, and here's to girls and young women doing martial arts to poetry! Love is everywhere we find it.

Happy New Year, cinnamon girl. : )

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

Hip hip hooray!!!!

[groovesinorbit]

Marshall Chapman! Haven't heard about her in years. Which album is that song on?

Happy New Year!

[susanstinson.livejournal.com]

It's a compilation CD called "Goodbye Little Rock N Roller," which is a companion to her book of the same name -- haven't read it yet. I just got the music and I'm falling in love.

[groovesinorbit]

Interesting! I have her second and third albums from the late 70s. They're pretty good. I'll have to check into her new book and cd. Thanks!