Rainbow Snippets-- Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! I (long ago) reached the age where staying up to greet the new year appealed less than sleeping through it. But I still celebrate it in my own way–which is a big pan of Hoppin John (black-eyed peas) for lunch! My idea of a nice New Year's Eve included a walk at the Nature Center (before the nasty weather moved in.) I'm going to snip one more time from Cut Shot . Ian and Jed's relationship is a secret, so Ian rented them a room for New Year's Eve that they've escaped to after attending a couple of parties with their friends: Jed handed Ian a filled glass. “What do you want to drink to?” “Us? Is that something we can toast?” Ian asked. “Of course it is. Why wouldn’t it?” Jed seemed honestly perplexed and Ian considered the night, how they’d kept their distance but couldn’t stop the sultry looks crossing between them. He couldn’t fathom how they’d gone unnoticed, but the parties were raucous and their...