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Some of the holiday cards we received |
New
Year's Eve, 2004. I’ve
lived long enough that I’m
used to years flying by and time being Only Yesterday.
2004 seemed to go so fast that it’s almost a blur in my consciousness
at the moment of this writing. There was the campaign, the election,
Iraq, the Tsunami in the Indian Ocean. What else?
The Red Sox. And many many other things related to catastrophe
now or in the future. Yet for us, who cover New York, and an aspect
of life in New York, many things this past year were exciting,
exhilarating, familiar.
We’re in a kind of holding pattern now. At least that’s
what it seems like from this vantage point. A wait and see. Is
it waiting for the other shoe to drop? Or just to see what’s
next at this harried time in human history?
Many commented to me that it was a very quiet Christmas holiday
in New York. Many who can and would, did get out of town. A cabdriver
told me one night, while commenting on how slow business was, that
he felt people were “holding off,” uncertain and therefore
tentative, even cautious.
Nevertheless, life goes on. You can read in the tabloids about
all the people who’ve gone to the Caribbean or the mountains
of Colorado or Palm Beach and where everywhere it’s party
party party. Here in New York it’s been a lovely week of
grey cold weather, but lovely – really ... and on the
great avenues of Madison and Fifth there have been big crowds of
shoppers, visitors, and tourists, taking in the wonder of the city,
the wonder that invigorates and juices the imagination for the
whole world.
This year we received a lot of holiday cards from people who shared
images of themselves, their babies, their pets, their houses and
their friends and staff. The message is the same, and a good one
for all of us to soak up: We’re here. Life is Beautiful,
somewhere, somehow, someone, right here, and may these feelings
add more or something more to your life. And may it be beautiful.
That was the message I got.
Many many thanks to all who’ve visited NYSD in this past
year, from DPC and JH, with the very best wishes for all of us,
each and every one of us, in the New Year 2005! |
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