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Here's to a kindlier dozen months
Anacreontic* For The New Year"
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)
Come, fill up the Bowl, for if ever the glass
Found a proper excuse or fit season,
For toasts to be honour’d, or pledges to pass,
Sure, this hour brings an exquisite reason:
For hark! the last chime of the dial has ceased,
And Old Time, who his leisure to cozen,
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The year is going, let him go
Ring out, wild bells Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky ( Read more... ) -
Obama Wins! Glory hallelujah!
My favorite hymn is a poem by James Russell Lowell protesting the Mexican War, abridged and set to music as "Once to Every Man and Nation." I always think of it when good triumphs. I believe that truth eventually triumphs and that people of courage can make it so.
Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide,
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How do I boil my shower water?
My life is so exciting. Yesterday afternoon, there were a series of thunderstorms. First, there was high wind and the power went out. The computer has a 15-minute UPS, but it shut down. I got to have an adrenalin rush when the computer wouldn't turn on. Once I started breathing again, I found it had flipped the surge protector.
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RIP John Stewart, songwriter extraordinaire
John Stewart died from a stroke yesterday. He was 68, an age that seems younger and younger to me all the time. One report said he had recently been diagnosed with early Alzheimer's, so it's one of those deaths that may be a blessing. He's best known for "Daydream Believer" and his years with The Kingston Trio, but songs such as "Gold," "Lost Her ( Read more... ) -
Touch hands!
I am again posting my favorite holiday poem. Hold onto the ones you love. May 2008 bring you all better, brighter days.
Touch Hands
Ah friends, dear friends, as years go on
And heads get gray, how fast the guests do go!
Touch hands, touch hands, with those that stay.
Strong hands to weak, old hands to young,
Around the Christmas board, touch hands.
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I suspect there may be a person or two on my FList who would want to know about this. We were friends for many years, but my ex kept up with him and I did not, except to follow his career and get occasional news from the ex. He's one of the people I could have gotten back in touch with after the highly emotional post-divorce period died down, but I ( Read more... )
