When Robbie Burns wrote down the lyrics to “Auld Lang Syne” in 1788, he captured one of Scotland’s national treasures. Scots had been singing versions of the song for two hundred years, but once it was written down, they could carry it with them anywhere. And they did. They immigrated in largeContinue reading “Auld Lang Syne”
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The Fruit of Light
As I write this, it is the shortest day of the year. Where I live in North Dakota, that means that it will be dark for 15 hours and 44 minutes of the day. It makes the Christmas lights twinkle all the more bravely. In winter, it is also difficult to come by good fruit.Continue reading “The Fruit of Light”
Sarah Dixon Young 