Happy New Year

Last night when Jilda drove into the yard from work she hurried in and said you gotta come look. We stepped out on the back deck and the sky looked like a piece black velvet with diamonds strewn carelessly on it. She pointed off toward the southwest and I could not only see the quarter moon with Venus near by, but also Pluto and Jupiter. They were the brightest objects in the sky. A beautiful site to behold.
This morning as the coffee was brewing I stepped in my office to check my email. Again Jilda called to me in an urgent tone. "Tip toe in here, and hurry!" I looked toward the barn from our garden door and I saw a buck looking for late falling apples under our tree. He hung around for about twenty minutes. It gave me enough time to fetch the camera and grab a photo.
After the deer viewing, I sat on the couch and finished up my goals for the year.
So here goes:
1. Reduce Debt by 30%
2. Sell at least 500 books
3. Write at least 12 new songs
4. Ride a train
5. Begin work on my second book (this one will be fiction)
I hope you all have had a wonderful New Year's Day and I hope 2009 is the best year so far for each and every one of you.