Do you remember

…the song “I Believe in Father Christmas” by Greg Lake? (ELP-Emerson, Lake, and Palmer). It was released in 1975 and we still hear it often at this time of year. It starts: “They said there’ll be snow at Christmas, they said there’ll be peace on earth...”

Nearly fifty years later, are we any closer to peace on earth? It’s the ‘season of peace and goodwill to all men’ (and women!), yet it seems we’re not seeing any signs of either when we look at the news – quite the reverse, hate and intolerance seems to be on the rise. I’m the eternal optimist, but I’m not sure I’ll see peace on earth in my lifetime.

Talking of lifetimes, I’ve been wondering recently if 24 hours still takes the same amount of time as it did forty-eight years ago, or are hours shorter now than they used to be? Is the world spinning on its axis faster now? There seems to be less time between birthdays, and not just mine - everyone seems to be getting older faster.

I’m sure I can’t be the only one who sees snow and wonders where summer and autumn went. Is it a bad memory or a sign of age? And I can’t be the only one whose schedule is already filling up for January.

I still consider myself to be the luckiest person though, even amid this A long-time freelance writer, Lucy specializes in travel, food, arts, and entertainment. In a 30-year-plus career writing newspaper and magazine features, Lucy has interviewed celebrities, reviewed theatre productions and restaurants, and sampled foods around the world. Lucy covered news for Metro Newspaper Edmonton for a decade, and was editor at Alberta Prime Times, the province’s senior lifestyle news magazine, for several years.

Cheers,
Linda, Editor-in-Chief