White Rabbits for New Year (of the Horse)

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First sunrise of the year. An auspicious dawning of January 1^st. You may very well declare that rabbits have absolutely no business riding on horses. But after staying the southern summer at the White Horse Inn (on a 1936 Broadway remake), the courageous rabbits departed singing, “The White Horse Inn, at the White Horse Inn, There's joy the whole summer through, The days fly past, you must leave at last…” (to horse-trot beats) and into a new year on energetic equines. Resolutions for 2026 will be based on actions that if we don’t take now, we never will, perhaps stopping short of joining the Légion étrangère française but maybe taking up horse riding. 

New Year Resolutions

New Year resolutions…

Aurora: You made some?

Zara: I read somewhere that new year resolutions are mostly abandoned by February. So no, I didn’t. And you?

Aurora: I do every year. Walk more, eat less. Help others. 

Zara: Your mantras?

Aurora: You could say that. But I place more importance on projects. Like three mountain climbs. Needs training and preparation. Like three articles. Gather materials, interview people and meet deadlines. And volunteer for three ventures. Listen to others, lend a hand.

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Voice-over

Do the mainly health and financial resolutions fizzle because they are not well defined? Abstract concepts like “lose weight” or “save more” can benefit from qualifiers like “how much” and “by when”.  

New year resolutions

Out with the old, in with the new.

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VVVV: We should do something auspicious.
VV:      Yes. Aus – Australian?
VVVV: Of course not. Something fireworksy. In keeping with the occasion. It is, after all…
VV:      Yes.  You said.
VVVV: How about we write down all the habits we want to leave behind in 2009?
VV:      Like?
VVVV: Like not procrastinating. What you do, is you write down on paper all the things you’re NOT going to do this year.
VV:      A sort of reverse resolution?
VVVV: Clear the decks. No more sleeping all weekend. No more tantrums. No more useless boyfriends.
VV:      And then?
VVVV: You burn the paper. Bingo, all the old habits have gone and you start the new year with a fresh set of good ones.
VV:      That easy?
VVVV: Piece of cake Believe me.

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Voice-over

New year resolutions are as old as new years.  We make them, we break them. And often, it is those who are most gung-ho about making them who end up breaking them as the year unfolds. Vocal and vociferous Valerie Va Va Voom is adamant about ousting the old while the vapid Violet Vichy needs a little leading.

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