Sometimes, the best parts of a holiday meal are the leftovers. If you're having another slice of turkey or pie, it means you're still with the people you love, either at the table and chatting over cups of coffee or tea, or in spirit and reminiscing over the melded flavors of memories. This year, because [...]
I am grateful for the owl who who who patrols our neighborhood from his perch in the old pine tree outside my bedroom window. I like his steadiness in the predawn hours. “Whoooo. I am here." "Whooo. I am listening." "Whooooo. You are not wrong to worry but you will feel so much better when [...]
I’m taking my gratitude in small doses this year, like the kind of spoon sipping you do as you prepare a special meal. We won't have the whole gang around the table this time, but I plan to fill the empty chairs with happy memories. I believe laughter and love ingrain themselves in the wood [...]
Midway through our road trip to Minneapolis yesterday, I commandeered the XM radio and we all enjoyed a little "Breakfast with Broadway". By 10 a.m., a song came on and I knew we had our theme for the day The best of times is now. As for tomorrow, Well, who knows? Who knows? Who knows? [...]
Today, I’m thankful for U.S. I’m especially grateful for the opportunity to say so. We live in a beautiful, confounding country and sometimes we forget our manners. But, by official proclamation, we have to write a national thank you note every fourth Thursday in November. Consider this mine. I’m grateful to Abraham Lincoln who, in [...]