New Year, Dark and Light

caywood-- In recent years, it has been our custom to take a few days between Christmas and New Year's Day for ourselves. Liminality: We love it. Bring it on!

Then you've crossed the threshold, and there it is: your new year.

One day you are watching embers from your backyard bonfire float starward amid your new, resolved hopes, or toasting with a painless flute of prosecco over chocolate fondue with friends, while the next you are staring down the barrel of your workaday world and digging out of the rut you thought you left in 2010.

Kar-BOOM! Don't blow your hand off!

And that is why it is good to have friends.

Today, we were so pleased-- overjoyed, really-- to have a visit from Caywood Alumni Jay, Amy, Lucy, and Jasper.

Taco Bar!
Little House Gingerbread!
Cracking hyper-local walnuts!
Jack Frost nipping at our noses!
Rousing games of "Kids in a Coop," "Horses in a Stall," "Can You See Me?" and "I Just Woke Up!"!

And so, nine days into the new year, we already have another highlight! Thanks, guys.