Happy New Year everyone! I’d intended to illustrate this post with suitable icons for every winter tradition from Christmas to Kwanzaa but decided against it when I couldn’t think of a suitable graphic for non-believers. And why should they (we) feel left out?
The image is of a sculpture by Rodin. I saw it in the Rodin Museum in Paris during the summer of 2008 and, like so many of his sculptures, it seemed to glow from the inside. For me, these hands express the tenderness and grace that we humans are capable of. My wish for the New Year is that there be more of both in this world. ...