December 31, 2006

Our hike yesterday at the Miami University woodlands east of Oxford, Ohio, was pretty good. There were 8 hikers in all, including several people out for their first venture with cincioutdoors and Tri-State Hiking Club. We did about 4.1 miles, over sometimes muddy but easy trails.

Today featured pouring rains, thus no hiking. Instead, a friend and I visited the Rembrandt exhibit at the Dayton Art Institute. The place was pretty crowded, since this is the last week of the show. But it was still a great experience! We then followed up with a barbecue dinner that was pretty decent.

I ran across a couple of excellent quotes at Terry Teachout's blog, http://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/

Since certainty is unattainable, entertainment value is the only justification for conversation."

Tom Stoppard, Undiscovered Country

also a classic poem by Ogden Nash,

Come, children, gather round my knee;
Something is about to be.

Tonight's December Thirty-First,
Something is about to burst.

The clock is crouching, dark and small,
Like a time bomb in the hall.

Hark! It's midnight, children dear.
Duck! Here comes another year.

Ogden Nash, "Good Riddance, but Now What?"

Now onwards to adventure in 2007!