Tag Archives: Thanksgiving

FREEDOM FROM WANT

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Touch2Touch

This has been the iconic American Thanksgiving feast since the painting first appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1943. Painter Norman Rockwell was inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s State of the Union address in 1941 about the … Continue reading →

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And the World Comes With It

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Touch2Touch

(Recent post Sailing on a Ship of Thought prompted other viewers to set out on their own voyages. Be sure to click on the link and board Mercy’s ship with her for a journey to Calcutta when it was still Calcutta; … Continue reading →

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And the World Comes With It

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Touch2Touch

What is ecology but connections? Meditation on a Bowl of Cereal (Special K, Familia, and Wheat Germ, mixed) There is to be thankful for: everything. The wheat in the cereal flakes, for instance. The fields in which it stood, green, … Continue reading →

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Run-up to Thanksgiving: Let’s hear it for our computers!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Touch2Touch

Sheila Fox of Foxfire56, a business and social networking blog, has mulled it all over for a long time (years, she says) and come up with 10 reasons why we should all appreciate, love, and give thanks for our computers. … Continue reading →

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Hurry Up, Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Touch2Touch

There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons — That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes — —     Emily Dickinson The signs of winter are multiplying around us, November melancholy is weighty, like hymns played on an … Continue reading →

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