The Legend-News
What We Got Here
- Much Better Now. Happy days are here again.
- Song a’ th’ Season. The annual Christmas melody.
Much Better Now.
Hello, what’s this? An issue of The Legend-News? (“I thought that you were dead.” — pretty much any Dirk Pitt novel)
Yep, it’s back, for at least one issue. My existential crisis, my physical problems, and my lack of profitable employment are behind me; I’m planning for a better 2015.
Among those plans:
- Redesign CW-McCall.com. I haven’t modified its look in seven years.
- Publish The Legend-News more than once per year.
- Pull most of the articles out of The Legend-News archives, and add them as standalone pages.
- Finish the “Convoy 2000” story that I started, 14 years ago.
Yeah, I’ve got plans.
But enough about me. Merry Christmas, everyone! And have a Happy New Year!
— Ed.
Song A’ Th’ Season
While you’re waiting for Santa, or ripping open his gifts, give a listen.MP3
“Sing Silent Night”
(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Chip Davis) From the LP
Rubber Duck
When the snow falls on Christmas Eve,
And everything’s white
I sit by the window,
And remember another night
When Mama played the organ,
And we turned off all the lights
And we all stood around her
And sang
Silent Night
The organ is quiet now,
And Mama’s gone
The sound of that Christmas Eve
Will live on and on
We sang all the old carols,
The hymns she loved to hear
And she played them over, one by one,
From memory, and by ear
And then she’d find the ancient album,
With its pages turned gold
And the crayon-colored paper star
I made so long ago
But brighter than any star
Was the love in Mama’s eyes
As she said, “Merry Christmas, kids,”
And she kissed us goodnight
And the organ’s quiet now,
And Mama’s gone
But the sound of that Christmas Eve
Will live on and on
The years have gone by now,
Since that last Christmas Eve
But the joy is still with me,
And the love will never leave
When Mama played the organ,
And we turned off all the lights
And we all stood together
And sang the last
Silent Night
“Sing Silent Night” appears on the LP of Rubber Duck.
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