Which is Ukrainian for "Glory to Ukraine! To the heroes, glory!"
Ní neart go cur le
chéile
We are better together.
Ryan New Year 2023 begins in Singapore dis year, so in good Asian
tradition but with Celtic clarity we heartily wish you BeannachtamnaFeile Padraig Lah! “Happy
St. Patrick’s Day Lah” (Singlish emphasis added lah) and Happy Ryan New Year! As
the festive moment finalizing RY22 is nigh, we left our happy shipboard home
for lo this last month having navigated from Sydney via Bali, Saigon, and other
exotic locales to the Lion City, the ultimate merrimentocracy, as it’s all
about the food. Hawker centers here we come! But I digress as I digest. This
year’s Annual Wee Epistle 2023 (AWE 23) awaits and follows recounting as it
does annually the ack ack activities of the wee but wider band of Amer-Irish explicably
known as the Ryans (NGY – no grandchildren yet). All Long Time AWE-Inspired
Readers (ALTAIRs) will no doubt recall with some trepidation the origins of
this annual annoyance in that God’s blessings of progeny via procreation twice so
encumbered our Christmastime as to cause serious social disconnection, which when
coupled with good Irish guilt, compelled compensatory compliments for cards, correspondence,
and calls to commence consistently and coupled conveniently at and with that
most festive of all moments, St. Paddy’s Day!
Click Here to read the AWE 23 in its entirety in PDF format
Aboard the Sentosa Cable Car above Viking NeptuneHarbor Front, Singapore
Below, in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Bottom:St. Paddy's Day RY22 in Washington DC
But before I get too far ahead of me self I must say: