December 30, 2008
May joy be your companion
It’s the day after the festival of the Establishment of the Celestial Cow, honoring Ra’s departure from Earth into the heavens, the dividing line of mythic time and human time. It’s also the day before the end of the secular year, part of that funny little week between Christmas and New Year’s when hardly anybody is at work, or if they are then hardly any work is getting done — that stretch when the year isn’t quite done yet, but there’s scarcely enough of it left to count for anything. Sitting on different sides of two different borders, in a strange sort of liminal place, it’s a heck of a time to think of starting a blog. Or maybe it’s the best of all possible times. Who can say?
I started this blog once before, actually, but I think I was going about it somewhat wrongheadedly. I had a Mission to say Profound Things on a regular basis. And frankly, I think it’s good enough if I just say something true on a regular basis. Or even say anything at all on a regular basis. As long as it’s real and not just me fantasizing about being wiser and more insightful than I am.
So. Welcome to the blog. It’s blue. And it’s pretty. (And my brain instantly started trying to come up with a rhyming line ending in “kitty,” which…no. I’ll spare you the doggerel.) If you’ve happened to find your way here, I hope that you enjoy the visit. And for the Feast of Thanksgiving Offerings, running through these last days of the year, I offer you a wish: may you see beauty, may you hear beauty, may you touch beauty, and may joy be your companion all throughout the year to come.