Happy Naught Six

Here's hoping that 2006 is a whole lot better for you than 2005 was for most of us.

Despite the fact that it's an election year, bringing with it posturing, pontificating, promises, and flat-out prevarications for months to come.

But at the same time, let's pray for a little more civility, a little more openness, a little more honesty and a little more giving, doing and loving from ourselves and each other and from our governments in the coming year.

Let's try to keep a lid on excessive greed, mistrust, dishonesty and a lack of respect for each other and for everyone's personal rights in the coming year.

Unless that's too much to hope for.

And so it goes.