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True Gratitude: Wisdom in the Comics — Thanksgiving 2024 0 (0)

Wizard of Id’s Spook and Turnkey made a good point last Sunday. Gratitude is an option, even when life’s bowl of cherries seems filled with pits. Sometimes I don’t feel particularly grateful, that’s putting it mildly; but I can always … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2023: Still Being Thankful 0 (0)

Stuff happens: wealth and poverty, sickness and health. None of that is a sure sign of virtue or sin. What I do with what I’ve got: that is what matters. Continue reading

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Thanksgiving and Two Turkeys: A Continuing Tale 0 (0)

It’s Thanksgiving Day, here in America. This year I’ll be talking about the Two Turkeys: and reviewing their last few years. Well, I hope these aren’t their last few years. Let’s say their most recent years. Yes, that’s much better. … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving Weekend 2021: Puritans, Pandemic and Me 0 (0)

Americans celebrated Thanksgiving this week. Well, most Americans. Some folks in New England lamented injustices committed over the last few centuries. “Native American tribes are gathering in Plymouth to mourn on Thanksgiving” Associated Press, via NPR (November 25, 2021) Wisconsin: … Continue reading

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Thanksgiving 2020: Pandemic Peril and Perspectives 0 (0)

This year’s Thanksgiving is the first one affected by COVID-19. Mainly because SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, didn’t exist a year ago. Or hadn’t spread to humans. Or was spreading to humans without anyone noticing it. Whatever was happening last … Continue reading

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