Monthly Archives: November 2024

Thankful Thursday (8)

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Earth produces no viler creature than an ingrate. ~Publius Syrus, Latin writer of maxims (first century BCE)

Time to find something to be grateful for again! Did you know expressing gratitude can improve sleep and immunity? Did you know it can decrease anxiety, chronic pain, and disease? Aren’t these good enough reasons to start looking for things to appreciate?

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Red, orange, yellow

Farewell to glorious Fall

Trees are now just sticks

Note: Happy Thanksgiving to all my blogging buddies! I’m taking a bit of time off to feast and rest, and thus I’m closing comments on this one. Enjoy the last of our Fall color (seven slides in all).

Bye, Bye, Kitty

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It is in the nature of cats to do a certain amount of unescorted roaming. ~Adlai Stevenson, former Governor of Illinois, and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations

This was my neighbor’s cat (was being the operative word).

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Live and Learn

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Then call on me on the day of distress; I will rescue you, and you shall honor me. ~ Psalm 50:15, New American Bible

Have you ever been afraid?

I’m not talking about everyday fears, like seeing a snake in your yard or going to the dentist.

I’m talking about terror. The kind that makes your heart feel like it’s going to jump right out of your chest. The kind that stops your breathing. The kind that haunts your dreams afterward.

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