Happy New Year!

My friend and adopted daughter Kay, from Austin, reminded me that for the Celts Halloween, which they called Samhain, is the beginning of the new year. For an interesting article on the derivation of Halloween and the intersection between the ancient Celtic practices and Catholicism, see http://religionandspirituality.com/morebeliefs/view.php?StoryID=20061030-021738-5859r.