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This is my Christmas blog from Guatemala, but if you want 'Twas the Night Before Christmas' stop reading now is my advice to you.

You know that I have been fairly 'Scroogy' about Christmas all my life. Being here and thinking through the experiences I've had really hasn't left me feeling especially full of ´good will' - for 'good will' read wanting to spend piles of money on loads of stuff for people who already have enough/too much, myself included, and eating too much rubbish full of chemicals whilst watching tired BBC film repeats.

I want to send you my best wishes for this time because you are my friends and family, and I love you. So whilst I do wish you all the very best, here are some thoughts that are more in tune with mine at this time. And really do not read on if you don't have a bucket handy...it's just how I'm feeling!


All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to ratify decisions and to consume.
Noam Chomsky


What could my mother be to yours?
What kin is my father to yours anyway?
And how did you and I ever meet?
But in love our hearts are as red earth and pouring rain:
Mingled beyond parting.
-Cempulappeyanirar


Thinking of those who are imprisoned for their beliefs, the Amnesty International site is linked here.click here

And just to show some things never change...
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring