Endings and beginnings

(In the old graveyard. Trough Creek State Park, PA. December 2007. © Robin)

Winter is on my head but eternal spring is in my heart. The nearer I approach the end, the plainer I hear around me the immortal symphonies of the world to come. For half a century I have been writing my thoughts in prose and verse; but I feel that I have not said one-thousandth part of what is in me. When I have gone down to the grave I shall have ended my life’s work; but another day will begin the next morning. Life closes in the twilight but opens with the dawn.

~ Victor Hugo

We’re getting near the end of another calendar year, and it looks like I’m not the only one with endings and beginnings on the mind:

• Stevo is reflecting on times past and posting cuteness without resorting to photos of cats. (Good for you, Stevo!)
• Ron is looking at ends, while throwing a few aural worms into the mix.
• Truddle is showing off a beautiful almost-beginning as well as briefly reflecting on the past year.
• Bibliomom is listing her way through a look back at 2007 in the first of a three-part series.
• Showing off her loot, Amuirin also shares with us how she started collecting chess sets.
• QuoinMonkey at redravine is making gratitude lists instead of resolutions (wonderful idea!).
• Paul at Cafe Philos tells a story about authentic giving. We should all be so lucky as to have someone like Becky in our lives.

There are more out there I should be looking at and listing, but my granddaughter is here and it’s time for me to go play before I make a complete mess of this.