Once upon a time, many years ago, there was a pleasant thing that some people liked to do the day after Thanksgiving – go to the mall and do a bit of shopping, look at all the holiday displays, and listen to the Christmas Carols being piped over the sound system. Image Courtesy of […]
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The day before Thanksgiving I thought Slim Randles would have a heart-tugging thoughtful piece about all the ways he is thankful, but he surprised me. Not that this isn’t a thoughtful piece. Doc makes a lot of sense if you stop and think about it. So help me welcome Slim as my Wednesday’s Guest today,
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Please welcome Slim Randles as today’s Wednesday’s guest. He has a cute story that tells us how not to plan a Thanksgiving dinner. Since it is never too soon to have some pumpkin pie – and mine are the best, just ask any of my kids – we can all have a slice to go
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I wrote the following in 2010, and sadly it is still relevant. If you are one of the avid Black Friday shoppers, I apologize if this upsets you. It is meant as social commentary, not a personal slam. I remember a time when shopping the day after Thanksgiving was fun. A lot of people were
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For all of my American readers, I send out a heartfelt Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your day is blessed by the love of family, good food, and all the things that make lasting memories. And also wishing all my Jewish readers a Happy and Blessed Hanukkah. The following is a piece I wrote in 2009
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Freezing rain and sleet here this morning. That does not bode well for the pine trees that are so distressed from drought and pine beetles. Here’s hoping that none of them come down on my fences or buildings. Since we are heading on toward Thanksgiving, I thought I would reprise my Thanksgiving reflection. Enjoy…. There’s
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I know it is all the craze here in the States. The day after Thanksgiving everybody and their brother flock to stores to take advantage of special sales. I don’t know when this all started, but I have never taken part in it and don’t plan to today, or ever. This type of crazed commercialism
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Since this is a holiday time in the U.S., I don’t have a guest today. Just thought I would wish everyone who is celebrating tomorrow, and over the weekend, a Happy Thanksgiving. May you make wonderful memories with family and friends, and not get as stuffed as the turkey. What are you thankful for? For
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This will be anything but the ordinary Friday post. First of all because I’m getting to it so late in the day. Mainly because I slept in this morning – gosh that felt good – and had a lot of other things to take care of this morning. No Black Friday shopping for me, unless
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