Black Friday

The article written up in an e-mail tells the story of a whale caught up in fishing nets over its entire body, almost at death's doors when some brave men jumped into the ocean from their ship and went to work cutting the lines away so the whale could breathe and be free. The whale was saved and ready to take off and enjoy its freedom but not before it nudged each of the rescuers. I love those stories along with some of the other stories about our everyday heros.

A Veteran, now ninety years old, just wrote a letter to President Obama about how he should 'shape up or ship out' as he re accounts the cow-towing that our president is partaking in with his kissing and bowing in his travels around the world. The U.S. A. has nothing to cow-tow about and no one has to apologize for us. If that sounds arrogant on our part, then so be it, as we have rescued every nation under the sun with our charity and benevolence over the many years. No one has come to our rescue yet or even offered too. I hope each of us remembers who we are and what we do stand for. Glen Beck said it all on his last broadcast when he took the time to remind us about the first Thanksgiving.

Where did the name 'black Friday' come from? It is the start of shopping season for Christmas and the carrot is out there for all to chase in hopes of getting a bargain. I hope you do if that is what you are aiming for, but there are other ways to celebrate the loveliest holiday of all....Christ's birthday... how about some donations to the food bank. On the TV this morning there is a college professor who has spent his lifetime going through dumpsters looking for food and has found tons of food thrown away. Once a visitor from another country visited us and said that he could be a multi-millionaire on our waste alone. How spoiled we are. How thoughtless. Maybe Christmas is the time to think about changing our life styles.

We want our holidays to be joyous and fun as we celebrate with those we love. I enjoyed my daughter and granddaughter yesterday as our turkey dinner turned out to be perfect. Pat's new recipe for pumpkin pie in a ginger cookie crust was elegant and a drop in friend with a bag filled with cooked crab legs was a special treat which we immediately shared with our neighbors. Peat is not a turkey lover so he was all smiles when he found out he was eating fresh crab for his dinner. I had some for my lunch and I have to tell you it was the best and sweetest crab meat I have had in a very long time. Today the ladies are off mushroom picking and I hope the ground is a lot firmer after yesterdays teeming rain. They will be dressed warmly and they will be learning all about mushrooms and hopefully will bring some different types home. I don't know one from another but when I have them to eat I am not worried about whether they are edible or not, I just go for them....those huge ones with a slice of pear are delicious. They are going with a mushroom specialist so not to worry. I am looking forward to my turkey sandwich for lunch today. I hope you had some left overs to enjoy today, the best part of Thanksgiving, I think.

So my thoughts are jumping around this morning as I sit here and blog. It is such a joy to sit down at my computer and spend some time with all of you. I've been known for twenty-seven lectures in my life time. If you don't believe that ask any one of my children and they quote a line or two. I just want fairness in our lives and sometimes it is so illusive I want to cry out and save the world but know each of us has to work in our own backyards. I'll leave you to do just that today, go about your own business today and clean and clear up all those little things that are bugging you. Make a new friend, love and old friend, share a hug or two and if you are nearby I'll be happy to give you one. Make today a good one.