By: Eddie Peña

Musicians rehearsing for the parade. From the Chinese New Year celebration, drawn on location in New York City’s Chinatown. An enjoyable day spent downtown…good food too!  - Veronica

Twelve Charming Elephants, Eleven Turtles Makin’ Groovy, Ten Skaters Skating, Nine Mocko Jumbies Dancing, Eight Limbo Dancers, Seven Swans a Swimming, Six Saguaro Cacti, Five Peace Roses, Four Angel Drawings, Three Happy Dancing Doves, Two Japanese Dancers and a Partridge in a Pear Tree!  YAHOO!  Next week the twelve days will  all be together.  I can’t wait to see them all in one picture!  Margaret

drawing by Greg Betza

For those of us who welcome old man winter, a little snow and a whole lot of solace.

I came across an article that spoke about something that we don’t get to do often, especially those of us that live in cities – “Time Alone”.

Here is an excerpt, “When we don’t get enough solitude, she says, “we get very out of touch with ourselves; we get forgetful; we get sloppy.” Depending on our personalities, we can get angry, anxious and depressed as well. Modern life, filled with cell phones and pagers, with e-mail and express mail, with televisions that offer 300 channels, is far more tumultuous than in the past.”

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0NAH/is_1_34/ai_111896966/

-Eddie Peña

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