
Outside my morning window this New Year's Day a bird sings: Chewy-chewy-chewy-chooowy.
I do not know this bird. Most likely he is just passing through. Just like me.
Just like you.

Last night I sat with friends on the end of the dock. Our tummies filled with exotic cheeses, cod*snacks from Newfoundland and local oysters opened by a golden campfire.
We watched, looking to the south towards the pier, as fireworks blossomed into red and gold chrysanthemums over the dark and seemingly silent sea.

Girl*pals {{ or as this dear one calls them: chums }} everywhere have been sharing their New Word for 2012. A single word to focus the year, to guide each day and give it special meaning.
I love this idea of word selection. A best~friend word as an angel on ones shoulder for 365 days. I feel the power in such a specially selected word. A totem word.
I listen in wonder at the selection friends have made, thrilled to hear the story behind the choice.
grace strength patience acceptance
I get it.

I can never pick one word. Most words taste yummy inside my head. All are filled with possibilities. Each one could suit me to a T.
This clever one tells me, "Just pick a word for a short time and not for a whole year."
I mull it over.

So, I have selected my word for the week.
It is a rather long, hyphenated compound word, which maybe you do not know.
Are you ready?
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periwinkle~Sorrento~saltwater~owl~forgiveness.
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