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Tag: Blessings

  • Home Break-in Follow-up

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    Following Smokey’s recent small tree house break-in, our community’s FCW (Feral Crime Watch) director ambled upstream to the scene of Smokey’s recent house break-in. Having endured past disturbing Smokey incidents, Bambi was prompted to gather a few feathered FCW members to discuss Smokey’s latest rowdy behavior that left Mr. and Mrs. Screech Owl homeless ☹…

  • Mercy

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    Among those of who patiently tolerated scrolling through the pic barrage of Ellen and my Hawaiian Vacation someone inquired, “What did you enjoy most about Hawaii?” … a totally unfair question … but I’ll mark my favorite: X Splashing with sea turtles in the ocean X Savoring a hot cup of Kona Coffee X Viewing…

  • Paths

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    Shinrin-yoku, ‘forest bathing’, is a Japanese term proclaiming the peace of body, mind and soul found in Nature. Today mine was found wandering mile-high paths along the TN/NC border in the Great Smoky Mountains. Immersed in mountain vistas wonder, my journey was shared with a lone Cervus canadensis. “Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your…

  • Thankful Perspectives

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    The First Thanksgiving It’s estimated Americans will gobble down some 40 million turkeys this Thanksgiving . . . good time to be a chicken 😊 A customary Thanksgiving meal tradition is having each person seated around the table share one thing they’re thankful for . . .  family, friends, faith, health, material blessings, etc. .…

  • ‘Mistakes’

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    Yesterday I accompanied my permanent girlfriend for a ride aboard the Senior Shuttle from her rehab facility to UTMC for a follow-up evaluation with her surgeon. Gratefully, the X-rays revealed her fractured humerus in beginning to heal …PTL! (thisX-ray pic doesn’t appear very ‘humerus’ to me 😊) God never has, never will make a mistake.…

  • Sanctuary

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    As a child each summer was spent with my mother, siblings and grandparents at their cabin in Promised Land, PA . . . and indeed it was . . . my childhood sanctuary.  From sunup to sundown I delighted roaming its forests and streams . . . and a virtual little John Muir was born…

  • Sentimental Gratitude

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    Having witnessed over 8 decades of the final days of another year ticking off, 2024 is departing with a comforting aura of sentimental gratitude.   Sentimental because I’ve somehow survived to attain the stage of life where the trails seem a tad longer; my steps a tad shorter; other hikers a lot younger; and odds…

  • Thanksgiving Thank You

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    To my family, friends, those of you I may have only ever met in cyberspace, and all others who have crossed my life’s path ever so briefly . . . Thank You! for . . .  that word …               your text …                                  that note …                                                    the smile …                                                                    that hug ……

  • Pay-It-Forward

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    Not certain if it’s respect for my octogenarian status, or sympathy for my often ‘not-a-clue’ behavior and goofy smile, that’s attributable to the many times I’ve been the totally surprised and grateful recipient of the Pay-It-Forward generosity of others. Nevertheless, it always reminds me of the mutual joy found in the words Jesus spoke in…

  • 24/7/365 Thanksgiving

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    Representing 4.23 % of the world’s population, we Americans are truly blessed to enjoy a 24/7/365 Thanksgiving. Statistics testify to the abundance that is ours. Yet, while we’re thankful turkey prices have dropped 5.6 % from last Thanksgiving, we grouse this savings has been gobbled up by the 2.1% overall price increase of groceries during…