This year has been quite a challenge for me — mentally and physically — which I think is probably the case for many, though their challenges may be different. I kind of dreaded the coming of Christmas, as others may. The holiday seems to require so much of us, presence and presents and joyfulness we may have difficulty mustering. What then? What then?
And yet I find myself smiling at the merest little thing this Christmas, finding joy nearly everywhere, despite personal limits and challenges. The days are obviously getting longer, birds are chirping (or in our case cawing — ravens and crows and grackles dominate the skies, neighbors’ ducks and chickens adding to the cacophony 😉 — and it’s all a treat.
Have a Merry-Happy Christmas one and all. Enjoy and smile at everything/everyone you can. We’ve come through a lot. And thanks to Ian for the little bits of insight and joy he graces us with nearly every day. Go ahead. Send him a buck or two — or more! — if you can. You won’t regret it.
Other than a residual chest cold cough, I’m reasonably good.
I’ve noted that the variants of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” that used to play Christmas Eve night and often Christmas Day have largely disappeared from repertoire of TeeVee Christmas shows (well, there was the dark motif FX version). As defenses of Scrooge, the “job creator” abound amongst our elites, as here:
Maybe this is deliberate? After all, according to this article, Bob Cratchet is paid ‘what he’s worth” and Scrooge is not responsible for his children’s health or support.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Che Pasa summed it up better than I could, thank you. Here’s to a 2023 that’s good, or at least good enough!
Ché Pasa
Merry, merry. Ho-ho-ho.
This year has been quite a challenge for me — mentally and physically — which I think is probably the case for many, though their challenges may be different. I kind of dreaded the coming of Christmas, as others may. The holiday seems to require so much of us, presence and presents and joyfulness we may have difficulty mustering. What then? What then?
And yet I find myself smiling at the merest little thing this Christmas, finding joy nearly everywhere, despite personal limits and challenges. The days are obviously getting longer, birds are chirping (or in our case cawing — ravens and crows and grackles dominate the skies, neighbors’ ducks and chickens adding to the cacophony 😉 — and it’s all a treat.
Have a Merry-Happy Christmas one and all. Enjoy and smile at everything/everyone you can. We’ve come through a lot. And thanks to Ian for the little bits of insight and joy he graces us with nearly every day. Go ahead. Send him a buck or two — or more! — if you can. You won’t regret it.
StewartM
Other than a residual chest cold cough, I’m reasonably good.
I’ve noted that the variants of Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol” that used to play Christmas Eve night and often Christmas Day have largely disappeared from repertoire of TeeVee Christmas shows (well, there was the dark motif FX version). As defenses of Scrooge, the “job creator” abound amongst our elites, as here:
https://mises.org/library/defense-scrooge
Maybe this is deliberate? After all, according to this article, Bob Cratchet is paid ‘what he’s worth” and Scrooge is not responsible for his children’s health or support.
anon y'mouse
Merry Christmas, Ian.
something that i listen to every year at this time:
https://youtu.be/_ggId8xvPzo
marku52
A merry one to you and yours, Ian.
Joan
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone! Che Pasa summed it up better than I could, thank you. Here’s to a 2023 that’s good, or at least good enough!
Trinity
Merry Christmas, Ian and everyone.