Getting Ready for Thanksgiving Day

Arlo Guthrie's account of his 1967 Thanksgiving might entertain you while you get ready for your holiday tomorrow. For those who were around in 1967, you will remember the Vietnam War generated lots of turmoil from multiple sources, including the compulsory military draft in America. Eventually, we found multiple ways forward. 

Here we are decades later, preparing another Thanksgiving. Now, different turmoil from multiple sources is upon us. Let Arlo inject humor into our day so we can laugh together, keep our hearts and minds open, and give thanks. May we help each other--family, friends, everyone, everywhere, find multiple ways forward...

Happy Thanksgiving, family, friends, everyone, everywhere!

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We Know How

Earth spins a full rotation.
We have a day
and a night.

Earth travels 'round the sun.
We have a year
of 365 spins.

In the back of beyond
are masses and gases
light and not light

infinity becomes finite
everything swirls...
everything.

Elements and forces come together
then come apart
again, and again

in never-ending stories
of creation and death
again, yet again.

Creation's stardust and debris
gravitated and became
a beautiful planet—Earth.

When water, air, and elements
were just right
we appeared

and live in bountiful
planetary richness far beyond
all comprehension.

This took 4,500,000,000
orbits around
the sun

and 265 industrial-age solar orbits
to hurt the gift
we were given.

Our short chapter also holds
the answers to heal
our beautiful friend.

We are stardust made of her elements.
We know what to do.
We know how to do it.

--JM

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November 6, 2024

Oh, no you don't!!!!!!!!!

We The People, will fix this!!!!!

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VOTE!!!

The Preamble of The Constitution of The United States of America