Tag Archives: Happy New Year

Time is being

Posted on January 1, 2025 by Brian D. Butler

hymn to time :: Ursula K. Le Guin Time says “Let there be” every moment and instantly there is space and the radiance of each bright galaxy. And eyes beholding radiance. And the gnats’ flickering dance. And the seas’ expanse. … Continue reading →

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we shall have cast our reformation to the winds

Posted on January 1, 2024 by Brian D. Butler

From Mark Twain’s January 1st, 1863 column in the Territorial Enterprise: Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual. Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took … Continue reading →

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untouched and still possible

Posted on January 1, 2021 by Brian D. Butler

To the New Year BY W. S. MERWIN With what stillness at last you appear in the valley your first sunlight reaching down to touch the tips of a few high leaves that do not stir as though they had not … Continue reading →

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2017 In Retrospect

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Brian D. Butler
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