Memories bring back memories bring back you.

FIRST FIG

MY candle burns at both ends;

  It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends–

  It gives a lovely light!

-Edna St. Vincent Millay

First published in 1920, the year both my parents were born, this was one that my father loved to recite. It is from her collection "Few Figs from Thistles". 

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The decorations are all put up but for the Nativity.

Loads of clothes are washed. Some are already dry.

The house is 2/3 vacuumed.

It is quiet.

We are recuperating from our coughs.

We will ring in the New Year quietly.

Wishing peace for all in 2020.

Shalom.