We went downtown, listening to the cars hum by and the parties going on across the street and watching the fire trucks head off to a call. We shivered. We stomped our feet. We met with friends and made a new friend. We shivered some more. We stood out there for almost an hour, enjoying a clear, cold, regular night, staring at the time and the temperature on the bank clock on the opposite corner. We took pictures and wished each other well.
It was, hopefully, the start of something, the “See ya later, 2014. I’m headed to Toomer’s!” tradition. It seems a fitting way to end a year, to revel in it, celebrate it, push it away, whatever you want to do with it. And it is as fine a place as any to offer people you care the sincerest of happy new year wishes.
To the 11,000+ visitors and several thousand more subscribers of this little corner of the web, I wish you peace, prosperity, love and fulfillment in this next orbit around the sun.
