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We Wish You A Merry Christmas
Read moreWe could all use a bit of Christmas cheer right about now. This has been a really rough year that followed hot on the heels of another really rough year. And unfortunately, thanks to a mutant called omicron, we can probably expect another fairly rough year ahead, at least at the beginning. But before the […]
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Someday at Christmas
Read moreThese are the dark days. The dark, cold, short days that are followed by long, darker, colder nights. In days like these, hope is as meager as the sunlight and as fleeting as every other type of warmth. These are the days we huddle together with those we love, or with strangers, and tell each […]
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Another Christmas Lyrics Poem
Read moreOh, what fun! Santa Claus is coming to town Who wouldn’t go? Giddy-up giddy-up giddy-up, let’s go Fa-la-la-la-la Pa rum pa pum pum And friends are calling yoo-hoo Come they told me Gather near to us Let nothing you dismay Make the yuletide gay As the shoppers rush home with their treasures You mean you […]
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Tofurky Day 2021
Read moreI became a vegetarian during my freshman year of high school, on Thanksgiving Day. I was fourteen years old and, excluding the first few years, when digesting such things would have proved difficult, I figure that I had between 10 and 12 traditional Thanksgiving dinners before purging myself of the consumption of flesh. Earlier that […]
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Bloggiversary 2021
Read moreAnother year, another number. Eight years ago today this blog was launched and now, 983 posts later, is another chance to consider the consequences of the passage of time. I am on my third day job since starting this blog, with dimming prospects from making a living from my more creative pursuits. Still, the inescapable […]
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Words & Music by Mike Power 