{"id":42598,"date":"2025-01-01T07:31:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T13:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=42598"},"modified":"2025-01-01T07:57:19","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T13:57:19","slug":"musings-on-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=42598","title":{"rendered":"Musings on the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shawn Phillips<\/strong> is a wise man, and today he posted these thoughts on the New Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" data-id=\"42599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/irl_2501011_0022-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-42599\" 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allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">But I'm not alone on this earth so fair<br>There's something else beside me here<br>Something keeps me ever looking forward<br>And it's brighter than the sunlight<br>And it's purer than the moonlight<br>And it's drawing me toward it<br><br>Like a moth out of the night<br>And I know I'll arrive where there ain't no time<br>Non-dimensional plane of joy sublime<br>Keep on being free, Lord, it's gotta be<br>Infinity<br><br>- from <strong>Song For Sagittarians<\/strong> by Shawn Phillips<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Si7kkdINAIiNV0PrGdJi-1-b69d0.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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