Thank you and Merry Christmas

There's much more work to be done...

To all readers: thank you. Your companionship, your comments and your generosity have been a blessing and an inspiration.

I wish you and all your loved ones a happy holiday season, Merry Christmas to all who celebrate, and best wishes in 2024 and beyond, with prayers for love, peace and liberty.

May God grant us clarity and courage through trials that lie before us. Thucydides said that the secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom is courage.

Have I not Commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord you God will be with you wherever you go. - Joshua 1:9

The road ahead will be hard. There is much to lose, but also much to gain. Therefore, in 2024 let us …

Rise, like lions after slumber

In unvanquishable number

Shake your chains to earth like dew

Which in sleep had fallen on you

Ye are many - they are few

Percy Bysshe Shelley