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Resolutions revisited

Here is the thing I love about January: everyone tries to start out fresh. Some people really try. They try to form new habits – like working out more, being less stressed, meditating regularly, being kinder to their families or more involved in their communities – or break old ones – like quitting smoking, quitting drinking, quitting eating so much crap that isn’t good for the body.

Some people, like my friend B., always over do it. Two years ago his new year’s resolutions were: work out every day, quit smoking, and lose 25 pounds. That lasted about 8 days. I can’t remember if it was the going to the gym that went first or the smoking. Safe money is on the cancer sticks.

I too made resolutions for 2007 and before I make any for 2008 I’d like to look back and see how I did. To recap: In 2007 my resolutions were to:
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A new year dawns

This was the view from my window on January 1, 2008. I thought the sky was fairly striking, and since we don’t get a lot of spectacular in the mornings in January here (mostly we get “oh, it’s gray…again.”) I thought I’d share. The domed building in the middle of the picture is the Franciscan monastery across the neighborhood.

Dawn, 2008

It should be noted: this photo is unmanipulated. The sky really was that color.

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