Thanksgiving! And words to the wise

cj Sez: Since we won’t be together for the ThanksgivingDay holiday . . .

  In the Did You Know Department: 

  In 1621, the Plymouthcolonists from  England and the NativeAmerican Wampanoag people shared an autumn harvest feast that isacknowledged as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies.

  For more than two centuries, days of thanksgiving werecelebrated by individual colonies and states. 
  It wasn’t until 1863, in themidst of the CivilWar, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed anational Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.

  “As an annual celebration of the harvest and its bounty, Thanksgiving falls under a category of festivals that spans cultures,continents, and millennia. In ancient times, the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans feastedand paid tribute to their gods after the fall harvest. Thanksgiving also bearsa resemblance to the ancient Jewish harvest festival of Sukkot. 
  Finally, historians have noted that Native Americans had arich tradition of commemorating the fall harvest with feasting and merrymakinglong before Europeans set foot on America's shores.”
(Excerpted from: https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving)

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  Doubters, this post from Wrangling the Doubt Monster: Fighting Fears,Finding Inspiration (Bancroft Press, 2025) by Amy L. Bernstein offers hopeon how to deal with those negative thoughts.
“What do we have here?   A doubter’s manifesto. An article of affirmation. An artistwho says: I see you.  The hope is you see yourself, realize you are not alone,learn that doubt is not your assassin.”
Click the following link to read the post:  https://janefriedman.com/doubt-the-near-constant-companion-of-writers-and-artists/

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  Okay, that’s it fortoday. You-all guys keep on keeping on, and I’ll try to do the same. Raisingprayers for a happy and safe you and yours.
cj

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