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Tag: New Year

New Year’s Day 2019

A new beginning for optimists and pessimists alike. Continue reading New Year’s Day 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019November 8, 2018Categories Writing & WritersTags Edith Lovejoy Pierce, mark twain, New Year1 Comment on New Year’s Day 2019

Pause for thought: New Year

Continue reading Pause for thought: New Year

Posted on December 29, 2017December 18, 2017Categories Nostalgia, Pause for thought, UncategorizedTags Charles Dickens, Chimes, New YearLeave a comment on Pause for thought: New Year

“A Song for New Year’s Eve”

Something old, something new. Continue reading “A Song for New Year’s Eve”

Posted on December 30, 2016December 30, 2016Categories Nostalgia, Writing & WritersTags Da Ponte, New Year, William Bryant1 Comment on “A Song for New Year’s Eve”

New Year’s Eve 2013

The end of one year and the beginning of the next is a time of hope and a time of regret. Nothing that has passed can be relived or regained, and yet the days renew themselves with the elusive prospect of change. Continue reading New Year’s Eve 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013December 19, 2013Categories Writing & WritersTags Helpston, John Clare, New Year, old yearLeave a comment on New Year’s Eve 2013

“The New Year”

Charles Dickens famously wrote about Christmas in several stories and magazine articles. He seems to have overlooked the New Year except in an early piece in which he is nostalgic at the passing of friendship, goodwill, and time itself. Continue reading “The New Year”

Posted on January 1, 2013January 1, 2013Categories Nostalgia, Writing & WritersTags Dickens, New Year, Sketches by BozLeave a comment on “The New Year”
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