It's A New Day
On Jan. 1, 1863, President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that slaves in rebel states were free.
n 1898, Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island were consolidated into New York City. In 1901, the Commonwealth of Australia was proclaimed.
In 1953, country singer Hank Williams Sr., 29, died of a drug and alcohol overdose while en route to a concert date in Canton, Ohio.
In 1959, Fidel Castro led Cuban revolutionaries to victory over Fulgencio Batista.
I'm off to pick up the trash. Slept through the New Year, I don't feel bad about that. I'm taking my little dog with me to pick up the trash. I figure to waste a quarter of the day stopping her from eating old hot dogs.
It's going to be a good year.
"He who will not reason is a bigot; he who cannot is a fool; and he who dares not is a slave." William Drummond
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And we celebrated it by watching some old Dick Van Dyke shows, pausing long enough to toast one another with a glass of Merlot, leaving our champage still chilling in the fridge. It was actually quite cozy and nice.
Here's another date to add to your calendar of January 1st events: YOU started a brand new day, a brand new year, and have all your possibilities lying out before you. What highlights of your 2oo5 will you get to name next New Year's Day?
Here's to making it great!
Posted by: Mellie Helen | January 1, 2005 10:01 AM
Happy New Year and thanks for picking up trash. :)
I stopped by to leave you the info you asked about, i.e., where you could find my work on the web. How could I not? It's so nice to be asked :)
My main site is http://wildethyme.net , my newest work isn't linked yet. It is at http://wildethyme.net/placesettings . I hope you like it. My fav work is always the last thing I did,LOL.
Nice site. I'll be back with certainty :) Anyone who takes time to pick up trash is a noble person indeed. (You'll see how sincere I am when you realize I am currently making my work out of recycled materials!)
OK.. I have monopolized your comments long enough :D Thanks again!
Posted by: laura murphy | January 1, 2005 11:01 AM