Kronya Polla! Happy New Year!
A happy Christmas and merry new year to all out in the world. Once again over the hols I have neglected my writing- pushed aside under the crumpled wrapping paper and forgotten bows of Christmas Day. The past few weeks have been a blur with last minute shopping, wrapping, Christmas performances, and holiday visits, and now as the clock moves slowly towards midnight, I type this in still darkness (yes, I WILL go blind over this night typing I know- good thing I don’t do it too often, eh?) the first day of the new year slips away into the abyss of the past. 2009 is truly upon us- but are we ready for it?
I reminisce about the past- probably too much, in case no one noticed! Places I have been, friends I have met, acquaintances of chance meetings that have altered my life, or perception of it, as the case may be. I sent out a mass Christmas card to a group of my friends- first time I have ever e-mailed a mass card- honest! By now I should know to start my Christmas card writing in August. I used to write a letter in each card- last year I can’t even remember sending any cards. The year before I painted Happy New Years cards, as my Christmas Cards were well belated, but this year- a mass email. I felt bad about that, swore I would never do such a thing (I must have received one once), but I am glad I did say Merry Christmas to my near and dear who are so far away. Phone calls would have been exuberant (have you seen the AT&T rates?)
For all those who did not receive my email: Merry Christmas (belated now, bien sur) and a healthy and happy New Year. 2009 is going to be the year of the extraordinary- forget ordinary people- we are beyond that now. Extraordinary people and extraordinary adventures.
I managed to see Mama Mia! last night. (Much to dear husband’s chagrin-definitely not ex-marine material). My sister in law raved about it, and as it was set in Greece- rumored to be my Corfu, and had ABBA songs, how could I not see it? The scenery was breathtaking. Not Corfu- Skiathos and Skipelos, though with the hotel on the sea, could have been Agni (but wasn’t). The scenery was special, but there wasn’t much of it- you see more of Greece in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Santorini). I remember watching an old movie with Jacqueline Bisset as a photographer in Lindos, Rhodes- now that was awe inspiring-made me go there, then there was that movie set on a deserted Greek island where this American tries to live a basic life with his teenage daughter and girlfriend (Susan Sarandon)- it made me hunt for abandoned Greek Islands- they do have them- near Turkey and looking for occupancy. But alas, Mama Mia did not have me wanting to own a Greek B&B in bad need of repairs- though I did spend the rest of the night with “Waterloo” going through my head! I will watch it again- after everyone is off to bed though!
Speaking of which, before I turn into a pumpkin, Kali nichta, and again, Happy New Year!