Another year has just begun, again. I still remember December 31^st 1979, it was poised to be the end of a decade, the first that I would have at least in living memory. It came and went and I went back to school on Wednesday and continued on as normal; but I remember the excitement. The 70’s were ending and would be no more. I also remember January 1^st 1999. Rather than sleeping in after a night of celebrating, I started the new year by taking a bunch of boys camping up in Manning Park in the rocky mountains of British Columbia. All the way up, the radio was playing Princes ‘1999’ over and over again and we loved every moment of it. (more…)