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This January 6, it’s back to the routine

It’s Jan. 6, 2025, and my mind was on established routines and rituals. The warm frenzy of the holidays is now behind us. Time now for my wife, Lori, and me to re-establish some of that routine.

This must be the place: ‘A sunbeam’s shining through his hair, fear not to have a care’

It’s 9:54 a.m. Tuesday. I’m sitting at the old wooden kitchen table at my parents’ farmhouse in rural Upstate New York, within close range of the Canadian border, just a few farm fields away from the mighty, ancient Lake Champlain.

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This January 6, it’s back to the routine

This must be the place: ‘A sunbeam’s shining through his hair, fear not to have a care’

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