A fine, fine day and night<\/a>.<\/p>\nAgenda for the weekend includes doing our catalog shopping, getting our Christmas cards, if not done, then ready to go, and going to the ZooLights thang. I should probably finish the mulching. Oh, sleeping would be good, too.<\/p>\n
And belated thoughts …<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
I have so much to be thankful for. My health. My lovely and loving wife, and my amazing daughter. Opportunities and prosperitiy. The gifts I’ve been given. Friends. Family. The country I live in. Those who sacrifice so much for it.<\/p>\n
And so I give thanks for all those things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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