Tag Archives: New Years

A Psalm for this New Year

If there is a theme that has emerged over this past weekend, it is the theme of relief. Many of the bloggers I follow and friends I connect with seem glad to put 2016 behind them. Globally speaking, 2016 has … Continue reading

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The Stench of that Unmerciful Haggis and the Lugubrious Jollities of “Auld Lang Syne”

I first encountered Robert Burns not through an unusual source. I suppose most here him first in “Auld Lang Syne,” the only song that competes with “The Final Countdown” for top spot as the New Years song. Instead, I found … Continue reading

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