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Editorial of December 26, 2024

Greetings, Friends

With apologies to “The New Yorker”

Greetings, friends, another yearHas threatened us with questionable cheerWe’ve tried to be thrilled with the way we are goingBut some of us fell, and that storm just keeps blowing.

This Trump and Musk duo, a new collaborationIs a change of direction for our grand old nationWhether we all will sink or, please, swimDepends on our once/future president’s mere whim.

The year’s gone at last, and some deep breaths we are takingLet’s prepare for this new one, with hope in the making.Here in Otsego, our days have been changingThey’re getting much warmer, the lake’s depth has been ranging.

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