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Every year, right around the end somewhere, people decide how they want to start the new year. Many of them decide to eat healthier, often resolving to avoid red meat. This is good news for cows. As you may know, they have been slaughtered in increasing numbers ever since the inception of the Ambassador 4x4 Club, whose sole purpose is to shove as much beef as possible down our mouths.

Our (collective) new year's resolution was to keep on keep keeping on. And so we did.

The first day back in the office we found ourselves hooting and hollering ...

With renewed enthusiasm that comes from rest and a change of scene, we look to the new year, the new decade, and we say, "bring it on!"

When God spoke to Israel in Isaiah 54, He said:  "Enlarge the place of your tent; stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes."

A what a reminder of that "enlarged space" in today's sunrise!

Evelyn Gibson

Written by a Scot, popularized here in the U.S. by a Canadian bandleader, millions sing it teary-eyed every year at the stroke of Midnight. . ."Should old acquaintance be forgot and never brought to mind?"

Auld Lang Syne-the "good old days!"

I like it in the Scottish brogue version.  Read it out loud-you'll enjoy it even more!

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
And auld lang syne?

For auld lang syne, my dear,
For auld lang syne,
We'll take a cup of kindness yet,
For auld lang syne!

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