Tag Archives: New Year’s Day

Which Direction Will You Choose?

January 1, 2018 · by · in Uncategorized · 2 Comments

It’s a new year. I could wax philosophical, but I’ll save that for another day perhaps. But I have been thinking about choices. We make them all the time, usually without thinking about it. For example, each morning I choose to put on a pair of socks. There are other options – I could go […]

A New Year Begins

January 1, 2017 · by · in Society · 1 Comment

Welcome to 2017. Good to have you aboard for the ride. Traditionally this is a day to make self-improvement resolutions. I think January 10 is the traditional day for abandoning most of those, which is one of the reasons I don’t bother with making them. It’s not that I don’t need improvement. My wife (and […]

Happy New Year!

January 1, 2016 · by · in Society, World Affairs · 1 Comment

On Christmas day I posted the annual Christmas message from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Today as we start a new year it seems appropriate to give an excerpt from a speech given by her father, his Christmas message in 1939. The Second World War was underway and at that point the Nazis had had […]

Welcome to 2015

January 1, 2015 · by · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

I buy a lot of diaries, fill them full of good intentions Each and every New Year’s Eve, I make myself a list All the things I’m gonna change, until January Second So this time I’m making one promise Yeah, This will be my resolution, Every day is New Year’s Day – Carolyn Arends The […]

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