Christmas Letter 1998
By Odell Sneeden Hathaway, III
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My Dear
Friends. Well, it seems that we're approaching
another Saturnalia, and with it the joys and memories of the holiday
season. A time to remember old friends
and look back on the year that is coming to a close. This year for me, has been (compared to
the last few years,) a quiet one. No moving to a new state, no buying a new
house, and unfortunately no falling in love.
In 1994, Weaver and I were talking and he suggested that I should find
someplace new to live. Someplace to
put down some roots. I think I really
surprised him when the next week I announced, that there's no place in LA to
do that, and I was going to move to In meaning and in reality. I've done a lot of gardening this
year. I have a new hedge in the back
by my stream and in the front. There's
a new Norway Maple tree planted next to my stream. I spent time and money (starting) to make
my house the home I wanted to be. In
the spring, I bit the bullet and added A/C.
Then this fall the furnace went out.
I had it replaced, and while I was at it I added a new gas stove in my
kitchen, and a gas stove in my bedroom for heat (and romance?). At least I hope by the time you get this it
will have been installed. I also repaired the damage that Parisvon did to the
walls (he was my dog). My professional life is going very
well. I'm very pleased with the
company that I am working for. I spent
the last year working on year 2000 upgrades for customers, this is been fun
work for me. I am also very glad that
the software I am working on is being upgraded to a new language. This means I'll have to learn this language
and will get new skills that will make it possible for me to continue as a
programmer for many years. (I hope) And so I am in position to look forward to
the New Year. I do not know what it will hold. I hope it does not hold all
the snow they're predicting over, 100 inches (a few would be nice but 100
would be a killer.) But even if it does snow that much, I have a new stove in
my bedroom to keep warm and to cats to keep me company. I hope that next year will be a year of
growth for me, a time of deepened connections spiritually and time to enjoy
some of what I'm creating here. And perhaps find that someone that I am
looking for! I do hope that all of you have had a
wonderful year, that you have a wonder filled joyful and happy Christmas full
of love. And that next year be a time
of Joy as we leave this millennium and ahead into what ever is before us. Your friend Odell |
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