Sunday, January 1, 2012

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AND JUST LIKE THAT...the clock ticked past midnight, the ball dropped, and we all--all of us carousing here on the east coast of the United States of America--corralled our energy, hooked arms, breathed deeply, and took a flying leap into Two Thousand Twelve!! (Or, well...at least some of us watched the TV screen and said, "Hey, wow, it's Two Thousand Twelve!" in a slightly animated way.)

We, The Yard Man and I and all of us carousing (mildly, to be sure) in the den of our dear friends, had more to celebrate than just the fact of a brand new year. A good half of us who ate the chili and the shrimp, the hummus and the fruit salad, the fresh celery, chocolate shoo-fly pie and chocolate candy were able to chalk up another impressive win at dominoes! (Alas, no media card in my camera, which equals no photos, and the food table even more vibrant than last year!) And every last one of us got to laugh and rejoice in the gift of fabulous friendship! (Only a lucky two of us, it's true, got to say "Whoop-di-do!" and sing praises over the extent to which dear friends will sometimes stand [closely] by with a high level of helpfulness [about mid-head level, to be specific*).
It was another fine New Year's Eve. And I wish for you, Reader Dear: A HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND HARMONIOUS TWO THOUSAND AND TWELVE!
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Oh, I would like to detail the details, but not participating in this aid to relief of suffering were my yard man and one or two others of this group of friends. They sat at the table where the dominoes game awaited, and they shook their heads and clucked their tongues and discussed the weirdness of the situation. Of course, they also laughed. They laughed at the weirdness and they laughed at the idea of remembering the weirdness every year from here on out, whenever this group of ten meets to celebrate a coming year and be thankful for the camaraderie and closeness of good friends (where even gracious gestures such as picking up an ear syringe and assisting in the ushering out of ear wax and the ushering in of a "new ear" (uh, so to speak) is not beyond the pale!**)
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**Ahhh, the relief of that "new ear" just hours before the new year, Reader Dear! (Ha, I waxed so eloquent over the wax removal that another friend stepped into line at the makeshift clinic! Can you believe it?! Weird!)
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