New Year – All Things Good

Skating Into The New Year

Katharine Rose Realms Of Gold January 6, 2015April 11, 2017Chicago, Cloud Gate, Millennium Park, New Year, New York City, Rockefeller Center, Vervacious, vervacious foods, vervacious portland, vervacious spices 3 Comments

The holidays are over and January – in its cold, snowy and post-holiday glory – is settling in. But, despair not! The excitement, merriment and cheer of the joyous holiday season don’t have to end.

Let a new book, a trip to an ice skating rink with friends or a cup of hot cocoa with fresh whipped cream revive your spirit, carrying you into the New Year with hope and joy, and curing you of those inevitable “January blues.”

World-famous and one of the quintessential New York City experiences, the ice-skating rink in the center of Midtown Manhattan at Rockefeller Center is worth a trip for both tourists and city-goers alike. Read more

The Wonder of the Human Will

Katharine Rose Armour of Light January 5, 2015April 11, 2017Alan Turing, Cheryl Strayed, Hope, Movies, New Year, The Imitation Game, The Pacific Crest Trail, Wild 1 Comment

With each New Year come new beginnings, new hopes and new dreams – and, perhaps less welcomed, but not less important, change. But, change – as unsettling, disconcerting and frightening as it can be – is not always bad. In fact, change is good. It is necessary; it is what pushes and advances us. It is instructive; it teaches, inspires and transforms. After all, as Henri Bergson once said: “To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.” And Confucius: “They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.”

It is in this spirit that ATG puts forth two “must see” movies of the New Year (see below), both of which underscore the necessity of hope and the transformative power of change. We *hope* you enjoy! Read more