New Day, New Year

I woke up this morning and it wasn’t just a new day, it was a New Year!

The New Year started without all the talk of rapture and Armegeddon.

No one I hang out with is expecting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

      to ride down our street.

It was a pretty mellow evening without religion.

I wasn’t asking God’s will in the New Year.

Or hoping to leave the world and be watching from heaven

     as God smote all the evil unbelievers in a great war.

I woke up expecting to still be right here on planet Earth.

I fed our three goats, our two dogs and our cat.

Had a cup of Starbucks coffee.

Did the dishes [yes, I waited to clean up the kitchen until this morning].

I organized my day.

Made a hearty breakfast of farm fresh eggs and sausage patties.
    [Thank you neighbor for my weekly dozen.]

I'm off to do the dishes, again.
Oh, and it started snowing, the world has turned a pristine white
     and the quiet is all around us.

All in all, a pleasant start for a New Year. I hope this year is a good one.