By: Heidi Couch

Heidi Couch — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:14:51 +0000

‘Giving thanks’ conjures up a casual “thanks” that we use when we get our hamburger at the drive-in teller. At least some of us still do. Among my people it is a daily custom to go outdoors immediately after getting dressed, (average summer high is about 50 for the year in Siberia, so we dress first) and we thank Mother Earth, Father Sky and the Spirits of all things that make life possible. That leaves out nothing, you would think. And certainly, if you had been taught, as I have, to be grateful each and every day for each blade of grass, each leaf on each tree, each flower, each stem, each insect that helps pollenate them, each bird that carries seeds and delights with song, in short, thinking each morning how life interacts to sustain itself in these myriad forms, you may find that this holiday should not be confined to one day, and I for one keep the practise of being profoundly grateful and indeed keeping the practice of thanking all the flora and fauna about me for being and enduring in spite of all humanity does to them. This is conciously done, every day, never a litany rattled off without thought. And just because you ‘are’, all of you who chance to read this, I Thank You for being, and for making life so much richer by just being.

Monlogian Mongrel

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:37:35 +0000

I’ve a growing resentment on the way this holiday has become a jumping board to kick off the Christmas season. It’s become so commercialized–so much, that the advertising giants have begun their ad campaigns right after Halloween. If it wasn’t for Black Friday (once again, created by the ad agencies), I believe they would try to skip our National Holiday all together!…Sorry, just had to vent a little.

By the way, I’ve linked you on my blogroll…Thanks for the support.

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