We\u2019re going out for Christmas dinner. Roberta sang at Midnight Mass last night, and we\u2019ve had a good day, with SKYPE to the grandchildren in Washington DC, and a visit from Alex, our oldest, who will come to dinner with us.<\/span><\/p>\n Look now! For glad and golden hours Yet with the woes of sin and strife, And man, at war with man, hears not And to all a good night.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.<\/p>\n View 803 Wednesday, December 25, 2013 Merry Christmas We\u2019re going out for Christmas dinner. Roberta sang at Midnight Mass last night, and we\u2019ve had a good day, with SKYPE to the grandchildren in Washington DC, and a visit from Alex, our oldest, who will come to dinner with us. And \u2026 Continue reading ![\"clip_image002\"](\"http:\/\/www.jerrypournelle.com\/chaosmanor\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/clip_image00246.gif\" "\\"clip_image002\\"")
<\/a><\/p>\nAnd we have Sable. After her cancer diagnosis a year ago in November I was certain that last year was her last Christmas. That was not so. She remains a happy dog, and we just returned from our walk. She even put up with being combed, since it is spring outside and she is shedding. The mocking birds have decided that it is spring and are building nests, so they will be glad of the wolf fur<\/span>.\u00a0\u00a0 It has been a good day.<\/span><\/h6>\n
<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nO ye, beneath life’s crushing load, <\/span><\/h6>\n
\nwhose forms are bending low,
\nWho toil along the climbing way
\nwith painful steps and slow, <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>come swiftly on the wing:
\nO rest beside the weary road,
\nand hear the angels sing!<\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe world has suffered long
\nBeneath the heavenly strain have rolled
\ntwo thousand years of wrong; <\/span><\/p>\n
\nthe tidings that they bring;
\nO hush the noise, ye men of strife,
\nand hear the angels sing!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n\u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"