I wear the chain I forged in life,” replied the Ghost. “I made it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it on of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it--Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol First off, Happy Birthday, Charles Dickens! He was born 212 years ago,**… Continue reading Quote of the Day: On the Chains We Make (Or Don’t)
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“God bless us, every one, December 19, 2023!” (And a musical interlude)
Lifted from a post two years ago this very day, and updated for the occasion: See, this is why I like doing random research for Quote of the Day posts. I can go out and do a bit of investigating (my family doesn’t call me the “data ferret” for nothing), and, willy-nilly, I nearly always… Continue reading “God bless us, every one, December 19, 2023!” (And a musical interlude)
“God bless us, every one!” (And a musical interlude)
See, this is why I like doing random research for Quote of the Day posts. I can go out and do a bit of investigating (my family doesn’t call me the “data ferret” for nothing), and, willy-nilly, I nearly always find something that’s either appropriate for posting or which speaks to me in a personal… Continue reading “God bless us, every one!” (And a musical interlude)