Tag Archive: Thanksgiving

More Idle Obervations

When Obama pardoned the Thanksgiving turkey, I said that tradition had nothing to do with it. I attributed it to professional courtesy. For years now, we have heard people bemoan the fact that, thanks to the profligate ways of Barack Obama, we will be leaving our children and grandchildren with enormous debt. Considering the way…

Stupid Stories

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The day before Thanksgiving is the king of all stupid stories days.  These are the days of the year when the media decides to dominate that day’s news with completely useless information.  There are random stupid stories, such as some movie star doing something stupid.  Then there are scheduled stupid stories such as the Wednesday…

Give Thanks

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I have lots to be thankful for and consider myself a very lucky lady.  Like everyone, I’ve had my ups and downs, sickness and health, failures and successes.  I believe there is a reason for suffering that isn’t usually apparent to us. I live on an island in the Pacific Northwest.  Right now, some of the…

Giving Thanks

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I have lots to be thankful for and consider myself a very lucky lady.  I’m married to the “bestest husband in the entire universe” and have a fantastic sister-in-law who’s more like a sister to me, her three children and their spouses, and my four grandnephews and two grandnieces.  In addition, I have other family…