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We have gained back a few minutes since the Winter Solstice, so the New Year will arrive, as it does every year, with a bit more daylight than the grimmer days of mid-winter.<\/p>\n
The neighbors have begun to shoot off fireworks.\u00a0 They are a restrained lot for the most part, but when they perceive an excuse for celebration:\u00a0 holiday, birthday, new year, they always bring out the fireworks.<\/p>\n
(Methuselah Grove Kate and I have clinked glasses of champagne (her) and Fre (me), wished each other a happy new year and not shot off a single firecracker.\u00a0 We did watch Jules and Julia, a middling movie in my judgment, though it had some interesting observations about cooking.\u00a0 We also watched a great Nature program on the rise of the dog.\u00a0 Apparently a Swedish geneticist has pinpointed eastern Asia as the origin of all dogs.<\/p>\n Kate’s neck has begun to bother her again this week and her left hip is now\u00a0 worse than it was before the operation.\u00a0 The back, though, has improved markedly.\u00a0\u00a0 A day at a time.<\/p>\n Well, a happy new year to you, whoever you are.\u00a0 Back at you next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Winter\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Moon of Long Nights We have gained back a few minutes since the Winter Solstice, so the New Year will arrive, as it does every year, with a bit more daylight than the grimmer days of mid-winter. The neighbors have begun to shoot off fireworks.\u00a0 They are a restrained lot for the most … Continue reading A Quiet New Year<\/span>
\nThe Methuselah Grove with the world’s oldest living things. The oldest living tree at 4,723 years, Methuselah, is not identified for its own protection.<\/em>)<\/p>\n