By Rolland Smith, on January 2nd, 2013
It was kind of an easy day yesterday. New Year’s Day is always a slow one. When you are younger it’s a day of recuperation after a New Year’s Eve of celebration. As time goes by wisdom prevails and the day is slow because seasoned comforts dominates and the joy of a lazy fire,
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By Rolland Smith, on January 1st, 2013
Ok, I’m old…let me admit that at the outset.
I’m looking at the ABC countdown to the New Year live from Times Square and I am really out of it. AND I like being out of it. I’ve been around for seven decades and I’ve experience some wonderful music from the fifties, sixties, seventies,
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By Rolland Smith, on December 31st, 2012
We’re almost there. We are saying goodbye to the old year and welcomed in the new. We’ve been celebrating endings and beginnings since ancient times.
The tradition of New Years Eve celebrations also stem from old beliefs and superstitions. Noise making goes back to the ancient custom of using loud noises to drive evil
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By Rolland Smith, on December 28th, 2012
Some thoughts on this coming New Year.
Beginnings always have an expectation. Where do we go from here? What happens next?
In 2010 there is hope these hard times for so many will end with a job and a decent wage for all who seek it.
The first decade of the new millennium is
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By Rolland Smith, on December 30th, 2011
At year’s end it is nice to put things into perspective. Most times it will tame the passion of arrogance.
These are the rings of and the planet Saturn and little ol’ us.
Have a happy and aware New Year celebration.
By Rolland Smith, on January 3rd, 2011
The tradition of New Years Eve celebrations stems from old beliefs and superstitions. Noise making goes back to the ancient custom of using loud noises to drive evil spirits from a house during the times of festive celebration. Many nationalities and cultures still use noise to celebrate. America has her ratchet rattles and noise
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By Rolland Smith, on January 6th, 2010
So here we are in the first week of the New Year and a New Decade. Now that the celebrations are over and the resolutions made and we are back to work or school, where do we as a spiritual collective community in human form go from here? I have an answer, not THE
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By Rolland Smith, on January 1st, 2010
Happy New Year everybody!
By Rolland Smith, on December 31st, 2009
This is it! Tonight at midnight we all say goodbye to the old year and welcomed in the new. We’ve been celebrating endings and beginnings since ancient times. The tradition of a New Years Eve celebration stems from old beliefs and superstitions. Noise making goes back to the ancient custom of using loud noises to
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By Rolland Smith, on December 30th, 2009
Some thoughts on this coming New Year. Beginnings always have an expectation. Where do we go from here? What happens next? In 2010 there is hope these hard times for so many will end with a job and a decent wage for all who seek it. The first decade of the new millennium is
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Needs and Notions
It was kind of an easy day yesterday. New Year’s Day is always a slow one. When you are younger it’s a day of recuperation after a New Year’s Eve of celebration. As time goes by wisdom prevails and the day is slow because seasoned comforts dominates and the joy of a lazy fire,
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