Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Monday, December 31, 2012
A NEW DAY - A NEW YEAR

Celtic PrayerThe above prayer is a ‘first-footing’ prayer. In Scotland and Northern England whoever first crosses the threshold of your home after the passing of midnight New Years Eve is the person who “brings in the year” for you and your house. This prayer invites Jesus to ‘first-foot’ for us, to bring in the new year for us.
This day is a new day
That has never been before.
This year is a new year,
the opening door.
Enter, Lord Christ—
we have joy in Your coming.
You have given us life;
and we welcome Your coming.
I turn now to face You,
I lift up my eyes.
Be blessing my face, Lord;
be blessing my eyes.
May all my eye looks on
be blessed and be bright,
my neighbours, my loved ones
be blessed in Your sight.
You have given us life
and we welcome Your coming.
Be with us, Lord,
we have joy, we have joy.
This year is a new year,
the opening door.
Be with us, Lord,
We have joy, we have joy.
GOOD-BYE 2012 - HELLO 2013
And he: "I am not eager to rehearseHAPPY NEW YEAR!
My thoughts and theory which you have forgotten.
These things have served their purpose: let them be.
So with your own, and pray they be forgiven
By others, as I pray you to forgive
Both bad and good. Last season's fruit is eaten
And the fullfed beast shall kick the empty pail.
For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
(Little Gidding - T S Eliot)
Picture from New Orleans Online.
IT'S STILL CHRISTMAS - 7
Enough already with more birds on the seventh day of Christmas. I wanted a picture of Diana inside with poinsettias in the background, but she was having none of it. She wanted to go outside, and there she is having her way. I must admit it's a good picture of her. Below are the poinsettias. They are artificial, but they would have made a nice Christmas scene with Diana.
When I went in the room to take the picture of the flowers, Diana barked to come back in, but I didn't even try to pose her.
Anyway, I'm told it's also New Year's Eve...
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE!
Sunday, December 30, 2012
HILLARY CLINTON HOSPITALIZED WITH BLOOD CLOT

She is being treated with anti-coagulants and is at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital so that they can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours, Deputy Assistant Secretary Philippe Reines said.
Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion. They will determine if any further action is required, Reines said.
Prayers for restoration to full health for Secretary Clinton. I admire her greatly for her tireless dedication as Secretary of State. She's done an outstanding job.
PAUL KRUGMAN - IT'S THE DEBT CEILING...

It sure looks as if we’re going over the fiscal cliff, but that may be the least of our problems. The debt ceiling is a much bigger and more dangerous issue, and it looks very much as if Republicans are set to destroy the full faith and credit of the United States if they can’t get their way.Read the entire post. I wanted to add "stupid" to my title, but I refrained in the spirit of the season of peace and good will, but I suppose thinking "stupid" is in the same category as lust in the heart. Oh well. Mea culpa.
Paul Krugman is my favorite economist. Why the president and Democrats in Congress don't pay attention to Krugman is a mystery to me. He knows his subject, does the research and the math, and speaks what looks like plain common sense to me. He should be Secretary of the Treasury, but, if offered the position (not likely), he might not accept. A Facebook friend reminded me that Krugman won the Nobel Prize, which should count for something, however I fear certain citizens of the country view Nobel Prizes as a liberal plot, thus it counts for nothing with them.
IT'S STILL CHRISTMAS - 6
I invite you to celebrate the sixth day of Christmas, not with six geese a-laying, but with newly-weds or about-to-be-weds in Maine where the law allowing same-sex marriage went into effect at midnight on December 29. Steven and Michael look so happy. What a lovely Christmas gift. Congratulations all you love-birds in Maine. Why would anyone be against marriage between two adults who love each other and want to commit themselves to one another?
Besides, six geese a-laying around and about the house would make for quite a mess added to the partridge, turtle doves, French hens, calling (colly) birds, and pheasants, with yet more birds to come.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
IT'S STILL CHRISTMAS - 5
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Red-golden pheasant |
On topic for a change today, I invite you to celebrate the fifth day of Christmas with five gold rings. Ha! I'll bet you thought the rings were jewelry. It has been suggested by my Facebook friend James and other sources that the rings are pheasants, which makes sense if you consider that the first seven Christmas gifts in the song are birds, but for the anomaly of the five gold rings. Still, if you prefer gold rings, then carry on. Chacun à son goût.
Straight No Chasers sings the song not-so-straight in the video.
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