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 From: dalton@nfld.com 
  
 In her hopefully prophetic song Twist in My Sobriety, 
 British songwriter Tanita Tikaram wrote: 
  
 "Cup of tea, take time to think, yeah 
 Time to risk a life, a life, a life 
 Sweet and handsome 
 Soft and porky 
 You pig out 'til you've seen the light 
 Pig out 'til you've seen the light€€€ 
  
 Now in Scotland today/tonight is Hogamany, or 
 New Year€€€s Eve, and celebrations generally 
 extend to early on New Year€€€s Day (and sometimes 
 even until the bank holiday which is on Monday). 
  
 Also I am posting this using Hogwasher newsreader, 
 and have to click on a picture of a hog with a 
 monocle to activate it. 
  
 And the phase of moon is late waning crescent moon, 
 which is associated with the Welsh crone goddess 
 Ceridwen, who in her pursuit of Taliesin took on the 
 form of a sow (and also a hen), so can be called 
 the sow goddess. 
  
 All of those pig/hog/sow references lead me to 
 hope for major positive world changes by dawn 
 on New Year€€€s Day ("You pig out 'til you've seen 
 the light€€€) 
  
 See the thread €€€High hopes for Hogamany€€€ on 
 alt.religion.druid for further posts from me on the 
 subject, hopefully reporting progress, though I was 
 hoping not to work New Year€€€s Eve. 
  
 -- 
 David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page) 
 https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) 
 €€€€€€Oh, love is new/I'm face and eyes into you/Oh, love is here/ 
 I'll be face and eyes into you/For years and years" (Colleen Power) 
  
 --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05 
  * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)