Not all the buildings in Londonderry are crumbling though.  Take a look at this beauty perched atop a hill on a backroad in Vermont.  That’s the unique and mystical quality of a new year.  We don’t have a clue whether it will be good news or bad for our nation or ourselves.  At the end of the day, all I can really do is be grateful for the gift of life with all it offers, the good and the bad.