'Twas the Day Before Christmas

We started writing a post for today that was going to go in a different direction than this one. Then, as we were getting a fresh cup of coffee, we slowed down enough to think about how Christmas, not Juul or Winter Solstice or any of the other celebrations humans have enjoyed at this time of year, but Christmas came to be. And then we thought about how life has changed for lots of less fortunate folks since about a year ago. And then we remembered our days, too long ago now, spent with "hippie" friends in the coffee houses of Cambridge, MA and a geodesic dome somewhere near Mad River and White River Junction Vermont. Those memories brought to mind what may seem an unusual Christmas carol, at least non-traditional, but that conveys, we believe extremely well, what Christmas really is supposed to be all about. In case anyone in and around Mar-A-Lardo, or Washington, D.C., reads this, please play the following as loud as you can. Maybe it will get through to those who would lead us to "better days."

Nativity scene on Boston Common

Photo by J. Harrington

"There But For Fortune"

Phil Ochs

Show me the prison, show me the jail
Show me the prisoner, whose life has gone stale
And I'll show you a young man
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune, go you or I......mm, mm

Show me the alley, show me the train
Show me the hobo, who sleeps out in the rain
And I'll show you a young man
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune, go you or I, mm, mm

Show me the whiskey, stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard, as he stumbles out the door
And I'll show you a young man
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune go you or I, mmm, mm

Show me the country, where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the buildings, once so tall
And I'll show you a young land
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune go you and I, you and I. 

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