Category Archives: Uncategorized

Happy New Year!!!

Posted on by

2


In Memoriam
~Lord Alfred Tennyson
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
   The flying cloud, the frosty light:
   The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.

Ring out the old, ring in the new,
   Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
   The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.

Ring out the grief that saps the mind
   For those that here we see no more;
   Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.

Ring out a slowly dying cause,
   And ancient forms of party strife;
   Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.

Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
   The faithless coldness of the times;
   Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.

Ring out false pride in place and blood,
   The civic slander and the spite;
   Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.

Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
   Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
   Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.

Ring in the valiant man and free,
   The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
   Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.

C-Ya 2011

Posted on by

12

Here it is, the last day of 2011 and I suppose it would be appropriate to blog about New Years resolutions or recap the year and such but if you want to know the truth, I’ve had one heck of a busy week and I’m too exhausted to give good thought to all these things. Of course, I’m also not the recap sort of person because I like to recap as I go along and I’m not a resolution person because I like to plan and then work it and adjust as necessary. I consider both to be part of life not a singular exercise done once a year.

So let me simply wish you a very, very Happy New Year! one that is filled with challenges, risks, discovery, and most of all joy! And as we go into this new year from a year of occupying, dissention, and adversity, I’d like to leave you with a thought if I might and here it is – occasionally, one person can stop a mob. I’d love to see each of us be one incredible, beautiful, special, unique person, just one, singular in loveliness and purity of self because I love to hear you speak in your voice, give from your heart, and feel the light of your dance from your spirit when you so generously share it with me and with others!

Let me also pass on a gift that was shared with me – because isn’t that how it’s supposed to work! 😀  My wonderful ballet teacher recorded fantastic ballet class music and gave us a CD for Christmas and in the spirit of generosity that is typical for him, he has made it available as a free download, so here you go! enjoy!

http://www.privateballetla.com/downloads/