Thursday, December 20, 2012

Ramblings on the Eve of the Apocalypse


As you can all see, I haven’t been blogging much lately.  Life has been busy and I’ve been preoccupied with other things.  I even missed by 8th blog anniversary earlier this month.  But life is good and since I don’t expect the world is going to end tomorrow, I thought I’d stop by blogland long enough to let everyone know I’ve not experienced an early Mayan apocalypse.  

I thought several times about addressing what happened at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.  When I first heard the news last Friday afternoon, I was even more shocked to realize that while it was happening, I was at our local pool, volunteering to teach swimming to elementary kids.  What a tragedy, but everyone else has been talking about it where there isn’t a lot that can be said.  I suppose that, in a way, talking about it is the only thing those far away can do to show they stand beside those grieving.  But sometimes the news media seems so invasive of privacy that I get sick of watching it.  And also, I wonder what’s happening in the rest of the world.  Midweek, I finally switched over the BBC to check and see if North Korea armed any of their rockets or if the Syrian nerve gas was leaking in our direction.  We live in a crazy world.  Christmas is supposed to be the celebration of the birth of the Prince of Peace, a birth that was marred by Herod’s killings of the innocent.  The world remains in a fallen estate and we hope and pray. 

Maybe I should talk about the weather.  Interestingly, the grass this morning was greener than it was in July!  Tonight, we may get some snow but that’s what they also said last night and all we got was rain—lots of rain.  It doesn’t yet feel like Christmas, but on the other side of the big lake they’re getting plenty of snow.  Maybe the ground will be white by the 25th.

If I don’t get back to you beforehand, have yourselves a Merry Christmas.  At some point, I will post (with photos) my new Christmas tradition—fruitcake. I had to scourer over three counties to find all the ingredients and about burn up a mixer, but the cake is baked and currently aging (wrapped in paper that’s soaked in bourbon every couple of days).   As I’ve been saying, it’s either going to be very good or a waste of good corn squeezing. 

13 comments:

  1. Merry Christmas, Sage. It's been delightful to meet you in this bloggospheric seance this year and I do appreciate your adventurous and kindly spirit. My best wishes to you in this and all seasons!

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  2. Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas, J. May the future be far better than the end of this year (year, not world) has been.

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  3. Have the merriest of Christmases this year, Sage and the happiest of New Years in 2013.

    I was completely undone by what happened in Connecticut. We have to find an answer for the fallen estate in which we exist.

    Congratulations on your 8th anniversary of blogging! What a milestone!

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  4. To hell with the news media they are all trying out sensationalize each other as well as capture grief on film. BUT do NOT stop talking about it, Levin has email, Stabenow has email, The White-House has email, the speaker of the house and senate have emails and I suggest you look them up and let them know where you want the law to stop. Total prohibition may never happen but anything short of it is condoning the madness.

    Or we will forget because that is the easiest thing to do. In Detroit 1 week is all it takes to forget the murder of a little black child.

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  5. err...you have fun with that fruitcake...ha...we live in perilous times, its been hard to even think on the deaths of all those kids...but perhaps it will wake us up to all the death that goes on as mark says....do give warmth to your fam and remind tham it is not all tragedy this holiday....merry christmas...and happy blogoversary

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  6. Merry Christmas to you and yours. I'm going up to see my son tomorrow for Christmas.

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  7. Good to read this post, Sage. You put things in perspective, and I always enjoy seeing what you are reading! Merry Christmas!!

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  8. I like that Anderson Cooper refuses to say the name of the shooter. I wish they would all follow his example.

    Posting 5 pics at a time is way less stressful for me. The project was supposed to be fun, not a chore. I can't remember how much 5GB was, but they told me how many pics, emails, etc when I signed up.

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  9. I'm glad that we made it through the apocalypse. :) And yes - I have been filled with sorrow over what happened at Sandy Hook - it's always at the back of my mind.

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  10. I agree with Mar. It's easier to forget. I wonder if indeed something will be done to stop these crimes from happening.
    Merry Christmas, Jeff

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  11. Too bad fruitcake gets such a bad rap. I love the stuff and always volunteer to take the one that no one wants home with me. I have a hard time buying myself one. I should investigate what it takes to make one and just make them for myself.

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  12. Good to see you blogging. Life has a way of tying up our time.

    Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and peace in the New Year.

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