It is almost a new year, and time for joy to the world again!
Being a Heeler, I know about joy. I suffer, as do most cowdogs of my kind, from irrepressible Joie de Vive; I don’t speak french much, but I’m told that means “delight in being alive”.
It means we find happiness, jubilation, humor, glee, JOY in everyday moments and in everyday.
This past year has been tough, we will always have troubles and tribulation. We all must cowboy up, as my dad would say.
We need to gut it out, grip up, carry on.
But we can do it with JOY! Because we have been given one more moment, one more day, perhaps one more year. On this eve of a grand new year, let us all expect pure triumph.
And soon, the waxing moon will become the full January “Wolf Moon”.
One of many names, it comes from Celtic, Old English, Colonial or Native history, and is probably related to hearing wolves howl on cold, long, dark nights. I’m sure that is worse than coyotes, and I do not like hearing them at all!
It won’t get here until next week, but this cold moon is a reminder of light and a new start.
As we have a sunset to end the day,
So every sunrise brings fresh hope for a new day we are gifted.
I probably won’t be awake at midnight to ring in the New Year, but Joy to the world, and to all my friends!
See you next year. 
A special Thank You to JB Myers Photography, who supplies many of the excellent shots we use on Cowdogs Advice.
