Monthly Archives: November 2022

Friends, I began writing this year’s episode in March, just one week after Putin invaded Ukraine.  After composing a few stanzas, I suspended the project.  Given Russia’s nostalgia for its former glories, obsession with NATO, and hatred for the independent Ukrainian spirit, I anticipated that the war would drag on.  And thus it has.  But I finished the episode today, Saturday, December 3rd — even though it’s impossible to predict what will happen between now and Christmas Eve. As with…..

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