So, today we tuck November away for another year. All the good, all the bad, folded and put away to make room for December. It’s sunny but cold this morning, if you count twenty-seven degrees as cold and I do. I hope that everyone and every animal has a warm place to be as winter […]
Nov 28, 2025
Thanksgiving Afterglow
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The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful family and plunked me down in the middle of them. Yesterday was a day of being thankful for blessings and my family ranks top, front, and center. Speaking of afterglow, a day like this could be counted as summer’s afterglow, a blending of seasons when nature is getting […]
Nov 26, 2025
Day Before Thanksgiving
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Although the cornucopia or horn of plenty originated in Greek mythology, it has come to mean a symbol of Thanksgiving and of gratitude for abundance. I am so grateful for my overflowing horn of plenty this Thanksgiving. Family, friends, freedom, food, health, I could go on and on as could you. And, I’m thankful for […]
Nov 25, 2025
A Recipe
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Here it is–only a couple of days before Thanksgiving! The house will be full of the aroma of pumpkin pie, cornbread dressing, and cranberry cheese bread! Then, in a couple of days the family will gather around my mother’s hundred-year old table, thankful for the Lord’s blessings. The biggest blessing of all is family and […]
Nov 24, 2025
Strange, Dark Night
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The Strange, Dark Night by Blanche Manos I sat before the fireplace, A book upon my lap Outside, the wind was howling Inside, the fire was crackling. A perfect night to nap. I closed my eyes for just a minute It could have been no more When someone stepped upon my porch And knocked upon […]
