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Carol H Tucker
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Chirstmas is over
Today is the 6th day of the 1st week, the 6th day of the 1st month, the 6th day of 2017, and:
- Apple Tree Day
- Bean Day
- Cuddle Up Day
- Epiphany or Twelfth Night
- National Shortbread Day
- National Smith Day
- National Take a Poet to Lunch Day
- National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day
- Three Kings Day
- World Day for War Orphans
ON THIS DAY: In 1017 Cnut the Great was crowned King of England. I usually ignore ascensions to thrones, but apparently this is a popular day to become royal.... In 1066 Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) was crowned King of England. In 1205 Philip of Swabia was crowned King of the Romans. In1322 Stephen Uroš III was crowned King of Serbia. In 1355 Charles I of Bohemia was crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy as King of Italy in Milan. In 1412, according to tradition, Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France. In 1449 Constantine XI was crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mystras. In1690 Joseph, son of Emperor Leopold I, was crowned King of the Romans. IN 1838 Alfred Vail demonstrated a telegraph system using dots and dashes (this is the forerunner of Morse code). In 1893 the Washington National Cathedral is chartered by Congress and signed by Benjamin Harrison. In 1929 Mother Teresa arrived in Calcutta, India, to begin her work among India's poorest and sick people. In 1931 Thomas Edison signed his last patent application. In 2000 Celia, the last Pyrenean ibex, was found dead after a tree had landed on her.
So today marks the official end of the Christmas holiday as the Magi enter Bethlehem. It always seemed to me that a little bit of magic went out of the air at this time and the New Year doesn’t look quite so bright and shiny. Folks seem a little grumpier and strangers no longer smile at you as readily. Presents are put away or returned by now, school and businesses are back to everyday operations, the weather is …. Well it is winter after all. And it is time to pay the piper in two ways – the bills from are rolling in and you have to get on the scale after all the holiday foods and drinks. It is hard not to see it all as drudgery, difficult not to envy those whose lifestyles are so much more comfortable [no I will not insert a rant about income inequity here, but you all are more than welcome to infer it], and very taxing to assume goodwill especially in social media. In short? it is back to what we laughingly call “real life”
bah
Time for me to immerse myself back in my 2nd Life, revisiting MiddleEarth, taking Cities in Flight or making sure the spice is flowing, finding Narnia or a Regency buck, getting on the train from platform 9 ¾, dancing and landscaping in Second Life – in short, boldly going where no one has gone before. If you want to find me? just take the first star on the right or open that blue phone box – but don’t forget your towel!
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