November 24, 2005
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THURSDAY WHATEVER
Okay, this Thursday turns out to be the day when most of us huddle up with our families in all their weird and wonderful formations. Happy Thanksgiving to all my Xanga Family. You cannot believe how nourishing it’s been for me to check in with you and share what comes up in my own corner of the world, as well as hear all the wonderful adventures and thoughts and creations you all bring here. I’m hosting my little group today in my tiny house – my daughter driving down from Hood River and spending the night, my son and his lady and the three children they have (two his, one hers). They are still in shock from having their house burglarized this week and dealing with the identify theft issues that came up (computer and various papers taken), as well as the sense of violation that comes with such an event. It’s such an example of the contradictions in this life we live – warm gatherings like today’s against a background of war, crime, poverty for so many. I am so thankful today that my family has health, roofs over their heads, jobs, love, and each other. Give at least one person a Big Old Crushing Hug today. See you tomorrow – got to go start cooking.
Deep Thought: “As I walked through the woods, I looked up and saw a squirrel. I smiled and he smiled. At least I think it was a smile. My teeth were showing and my cheeks were pulled up. That’s a smile, isn’t it? (The squirrel was definitely smiling.)”
Today I am grateful for: Everything that’s nailed down and lots of what isn’t
Guess the Movie: “She’s my sister AND my daughter!” Answer: Chinatown, 1974.
Winner: swawg.
John Murtha: An Eagle Amid the Turkeys
by Susan Lenfestey
Having just watched both houses of congress pass their reverse-Robin Hood budget bills while preserving their home-state funding projects, I started to think that pork was more in season than turkey this Thanksgiving. (Rest of article here.)
Comments (14)
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. I love the squirrel smile you post.
Warm wishes of peace, contentment and joy as you celebrate the holiday with your family and friends – I stopped by to let you know how much I appreciate you in my life – coming here and spending time “with you” and in your world is always a gift that refreshes, instructs, inspires, adds a smile or reflection – something always that is positive and affirming about life. Even when it’s looking at the darkness of this world and humanity, somehow there is always hope and the potential for change and healing.
Doris
Happy thanksgiving to you & your family!! Chinatown!
Happy Turkey day to you and your family. Hope it is a good one.
Chinatown wins the prize!
Today is thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Have a great holiday…
Happy Thanksgiving.
Hope you had a great holiday with your family!
You outdid yourself, I was very impressed. Thanks for hosting a wonderful T-Day.
RYC: It is a Hewlett-Packard PSC 1510. Definitely not top of the line or anything, as far as resolution goes, but it’s definitely better than what we had before (which was nothing!), and it was only $34.00 on sale (a Black Friday Special!). My daughter has one of the older models, and she loves it. This one is Pictbridge-enabled, for direct photo printing, which will be nice if I ever get a digital camera! One thing I thought was interesting is that, for better photo printing, you can install a special photo ink cartridge in the black ink side, and then get 6-color printing.
Hope you had a happy Thanksgiving day with your family!
Thanks for the consistently great blogs, and the newspaper articles you always find for us, that remind us that sanity does exist somewhere, even as we write about the insanity that surrounds us.
Thank you for your warm thought on my post about my mom.