Happy New Year

From "The Country of Marriage," by Wendell Berry.

"Sometimes our life reminds me

of a forest in which there is a graceful clearing

and in that opening a house,

an orchard and garden,

comfortable shades, and flowers

red and yellow in the sun, a pattern

made in the light for the light to return to.

The forest is mostly dark, its ways

to be made anew day after day, the dark

richer than the light and more blessed,

provided we stay brave

enough to keep on going in."

And on to what 2011 brings us. May you and yours be brave with each other and keep on going in.