Winter has tossed its frosty best at us, yet we are all doing fine in the Gaelic world. Concerts, great books, new CDs, plays and events keep the Irish life vibrant and warm through the end of the old year and on to the new. Yet there is still war, hunger, disease and turmoil in many parts of the world this season, causing us all to pause for reflection on what really matters: family, home, hearth. 

Perhaps as 2004 strides across the calendar¹s threshold, the disparate elements of nature and spirit will reconcile and bombers will be silent, so people can get on with their lives – regardless who and where. Perhaps the politicians will take stock of their responsibilities and tone down the rhetoric. Perhaps....perhaps...perhaps.... 

Remember, there is always a spring.
 

Martin Hintz, publisher.
 

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