Goodbye 2005!

Well my friends, we come to the close of another year. I will remember 2005 with mixed feelings. One of the best things to happen to me has been making so many new on line friends, the worst, without question, being Barbara’s death.

I call you my friends because you gave me the support I needed during the latter part of Barbara's long struggle with cancer and then when she died. That means a great deal me and it’s something I will never forget. Thank you!

Now it’s time to put 2005 behind us. Tomorrow the sun will rise on the beginning of a New Year, with new opportunities and new adventures in store for all of us. I hope you all find the peace and happiness you so deserve.

Tony

Times Long Gone
(Translation of Auld Lang Syne)
by Robert Burns

Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And never brought to mind?
Should old acquaintances be forgotten,
And days of long ago !

For old long ago, my dear
For old long ago,
We will take a cup of kindness yet
For old long ago.

We two have run about the hillsides
And pulled the daisies fine,
But we have wandered many a weary foot
For old long ago.

We two have paddled in the stream
From noon until dinner time,
But seas between us broad have roared
Since old long ago.

And there is a hand, my trusty friend,
And give us a hand of yours,
And we will take a goodwill draught
For old long ago!

And surely you will pay for your pint,
And surely I will pay for mine!
And we will take a cup of kindness yet
For old long ago!