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New Years Rulin’s, Woody Guthrie
1. Work more and better
2. Work by a schedule
3. Wash teeth if any
4. Shave
5. Take bath
6. Eat good – fruit – vegetables – milk
7. Drink very scant if any
8. Write a song a day
9. Wear clean clothes – look good
10. Shine shoes
11. Change socks
12. Change bed clothes often
13. Read lots good books
14. Listen to radio a lot
15. Learn people better
16. Keep rancho clean
17. Don’t get lonesome
18. Stay glad
19. Keep hoping machine running
20. Dream good
21. Bank all extra money
22. Save dough
23. Have company but don’t waste time
24. Send mary and kids money
25. Play and sing good
26. Dance better
27. Help win war – beat fascism
28. Love mama
29. Love papa
30. Love pete
31. Love everybody
32. Make up your mind
33. Wake up and fight
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James Baldwin interview on July 15, 1961 in WFMT studio in Chicago, IL
from Conversations with James Baldwin edited by Fred Standley and Louis Pratt, pg. 21
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I’ve reached my saturation point with driving and eating and drinking and being in the company of my goyish relatives celebrating the eve of the birth of a man who was, in all likelihood, not born on December 25th so I’m going to get in bed with my Kindle that I got for Hanukkah and continue to read this book even though it’s not that great despite everything everyone has said about it and maybe that’s because of the translation or maybe it really isn’t that great or maybe I can’t recognize great work and then I’ll fall asleep and do it all over again tomorrow.
Happy holidays.


