HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Hey, mishpuha!
2003 is in its last day - I am taking stock.
War and destruction in the word - brought by our unelected junta.
Still, on a smaller level, seeds of change are sown in the fabric of the darkness.
Politically, I was part of a movement that brought a candidate in the presidential race - who will win the nomination and beat bush in 2004 (you heard it here first).
Locally, our activism was able to stop a power grab by the NYC's billionaire mayor. He invested 7.3 million of his personal money in a campaign to render the democratic party powerless in NYC. With some enthusiasm, shoe leather and the truth, we defeated this referendum by 70% to 30% of the vote.
Personally, a good year as well. We had a rainy summer and fall, lots of mushies, lots of love.
Maya is in a new school, Children's Workshop, in K-1. She reads and writes and loves it! (working these days on a letter to her teacher about cooking a dish from to cookshop recipee book - her idea)
Of course the most significant event in our life this year was joining the Dias y Flores community garden in May, after the Rites of Spring parade.
It transformed our entire year, this little piece of NYC. The summer blackout became a party because of it, Dolores's sculptures grace the gates, our lot, Halloween taught Maya that "giving is better than receiving", the Winter Solstice was magic...And we'll sing there again tomorrow, all in the family & all the garden members and whomever wants to join us - the doors are open!
It's a symbol of hope for us!
Here's to whishing 2004 an even better year to all of us - may all your wishes come true!
I can see baby new Year approaching now!