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Thanksgiving

This time of the year we are grateful for the blessings we have received; for our family, loved ones, a bountiful harvest, special memories, loving parents, faithful pets, teachers, friends. Written November 17, 2022

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Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/17/2022 6:51:00 PM

I had to chuckle at 'faithful pets.' (Guess they help fill up the pews these days). It's the vestiges of the ghetto Jew in me, still viewing a dog as a 'hoont' (in Yiddish), something to be kicked rather than petted. Oh, well... Enjoy the pets!!

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/17/2022 7:57:00 PM

My dear gw, pets are NEVER EVER to be "kicked rather than petted." The dogs in my life have been a part of my family. Amazing, when no one has been there to greet me at the door, my dog has...a faithful friend.

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 11/17/2022 12:25:00 PM

Lovely nonet! So appropriate for this week.

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/17/2022 1:59:00 PM

I'm glad you liked it, Caren.

Jim Slaughter

Date: 11/17/2022 10:59:00 AM

And for being able to read and enjoy such poems as this one, L M. Happy Thanksgiving...a week early, but, hey, who's counting?

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/17/2022 1:59:00 PM

Thanks, Jim. Happy Thanksgiving a week early to you, too.

Tom Cunningham

Date: 11/17/2022 10:23:00 AM

When you look around at other countries in the world you realise how lucky we are. We have a lot to be grateful for, a shame we don't celebrate it in the UK. Tom

L Milton Hankins
Date: 11/17/2022 2:00:00 PM

I think it's a pretty unique holiday to the U.S.A. Has to do with the pilgrims and the Indians celebrating harvest.