Well the new year is here. I am feeling somewhat excited about some of the plans I have made. I also am inspired. You see I LOVE rainy days and I have taken it as a very good sign that today has been very rainy. Good things happen on rainy days!
I had my peas and collards today. My Grandmother was gracious enough to invite me to dinner, they were, as always, delicious. While I was eating them I couldn't help but think about how many times I have sat in that same place and eaten that same meal. It made me think how very important tradition is. This is a southern tradition that I have grown up around and it has been as certain as the sunrise in the morning. It made me think how time is wearing away at so many of our tradtions. I admire the British for their dedication to time honored traditions. We, as Americans seem to think if it is old, antiquated or seems to have no real purpose it should be thrown away. The South was one place where traditions ran very deep and we have resisted a lot of the American way of discarding the seemingly outmoded, but we too have started to fall under the magical spell of the new and temporary. Traditions are things that must be kept in place in my humble opinion. They are what weaves the fabric that make each of us who we are. It shapes and at the same time gives us our identity as a culture. Too many things have fallen by the wayside already, so hang on tight to your traditions. If you don't currently have a tradition in your family, start one and stay true to it each year, you and your children will be glad you did.
As far as my reading, I am still working my way through the book I told you all about yesterday and it just keeps getting better! I am not feeling much like reading today though. It feels more like a movie day. I am in the mood to see one of my new old favorites today...'Summertime' with Katherine Hepburn. This is a movie that is a classic (1950s) and I only discovered it last spring and had to buy it right away (Got it on Amazon for next to nothing). I love the so-called Golden age of Hollywood. This movie really spoke to me for some reason. I don't know if it was because it takes place in Venice, or because I can identify so well with Ms. Hepburn's character in the film, or if it is just because it was a good movie to watch, whatever the reason I highly recommend it.
Hope you are all having a wonderful New Year's Day and remember to go out of your way to do at least one kindness for someone!
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