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| Freedom from Want Norman Rockwell (Source) |
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| Not everyone can watch football on Thanksgiving. (Source) |
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| Or curl up with a loved one in front of the fire place. (Source) |
From all of us at the Chant du Départ ...
Editor's Note: For those of you paying attention (and not zoned out on wine and tryptophan), yes, this is a rerun. I am "up north" for the holidays, we'll return to our regularly scheduled programming on Saturday. I have a "Post from Poland" for you on Friday. Our Polish correspondent, Paweł, has a bit of historical stuff on the Old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth for your edification, entertainment, and education. There will be one more installment featuring the Sack of Rome in 1527, not sure when, no later than Tuesday I would hope. (Depends on how zoned out I am from wine and tryptophan over the weekend, I suppose.)
I am oh so thankful for this year. Between all the near-misses and minor and major catastrophes of the last 12 months, personal and familial, not national, I am so glad to still be breathing. And Mrs. Andrew is still above the ground. All else pales in comparison.
ReplyDeleteOther thank-fuls are, of course, to this blog that gives us an interesting outlook on so many lives, present and past (OldAFSarge's conflict stories, of course, being some of the best fictional reading I've read. He really needs to get published. Raconteur Press through OldNFO should be able to satisfy that need. Please...)
Other other thank-fuls are to my idiotic feckless Puritan ancestors who almost became good communists before they ditched that noble experiment at Plymouth Plantation and became Godly capitalists. Maybe I need to go on X and post that and see how many people scream at me, as their eternal 'reeeeees' powers my soul, bwahahahahahaha.
Thankful for my dad's dad's father for leaving then-unified Germany and coming to New Orleans and between him and his Acadian wife popping out 6 kids (one being my dad's dad) before dying of Cholera in one of the periodic Cholera outbreaks before modern antibiotics and modern pesticides pretty much stopped that from happening (well, until idiot leftists got the pesticides shut down and imported cholera carriers and, well, there's a reason Dad didn't retire in Louisiana and instead settled on the Space Coast.
And so very thankful to my beautiful wife Mrs. Andrew for teaching me how to cook. So far, 2 pies and cornbread are already done, and by 1pm the yams will be candying (boil chunked sweet taters in water with butter, brown sugar and cinnamon until they become soft and the liquid cooks down) and the turkey breasts will be ready to go into the oven and the dressing will mostly be made.
Thankful, of course, oh so very thankful that there may, repeat, may be a course correction for this great nation. We really dodged the neo-feudalistic actual national socialism heading towards international socialism that was the Other Choice. To paraphrase Ben Franklin, we've been handed the republic and we can possibly keep it. It's a tattered, torn republic, but the bones are strong, the roots are still deep and we can clean her up and make her great again.
I hope everyone has a great day with family and friends and no serious drama or issues. May your buns be toasty, your dressing perfect, birds cooked, and on and on and on.
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
"And Mrs. Andrew is still above the ground. All else pales in comparison." Octothorpe "Cannot love this enough".
DeleteHappy Thanksgiving Chanters! Embrace those who you can and remember those who you can not.....
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving to all Y’all! MBD and her gang arrived late last night, so a portion of the family is present (it would be a little difficult for Little Juvat and his gang to visit frim Jolly old for just a few day, maybe Christmas. Cooking today’s meal will commence after I have consumed my medicinal coffee!
ReplyDeleteY’all take care now and say hello to your kith and kin for me!
juvat
I think King David nailed it:
ReplyDeleteO give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of gods; for His mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the Lord of lords; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him Who alone hath wrought great wonders; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that made the heavens with understanding; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that established the earth upon the waters; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him Who alone hath made great lights; for His mercy endureth for ever.
The sun for dominion of the day; for His mercy endureth for ever.
The moon and the stars for dominion of the night; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that smote Egypt with their firstborn; for His mercy endureth for ever.
And led forth Israel out of the midst of them; for His mercy endureth for ever.
With a strong hand and a lofty arm; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that divided the Red Sea into parts; for His mercy endureth for ever.
And led Israel through the midst thereof; for His mercy endureth for ever.
And overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red Sea; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that led His people through the wilderness; for His mercy endureth for ever.
To Him that smote great kings; for His mercy endureth for ever.
And slew mighty kings; for His mercy endureth for ever.
Seon, king of the Amorites; for His mercy endureth for ever.
And Og, king of the land of Basan; for His mercy endureth for ever.
And gave their land for an inheritance; for His mercy endureth for ever.
An inheritance for Israel His servant; for His mercy endureth for ever.
For in our humiliation the Lord remembered us; for His mercy endureth for ever.
And redeemed us from our enemies; for His mercy endureth for ever.
He that giveth food to all flesh; for His mercy endureth for ever.
O give thanks unto the God of heaven; for His mercy endureth for ever.
I'm recalling my last duty day Thanksgiving in the Coast Guard.. Happy Thanksgiving day everyone.
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Happy Thanksgiving to all the Chanters and the fine contributors here for the thoughts and comradery that comes from shared conversations and ideas over flickering screens, the taverns of our age.
ReplyDelete'Murica, YEAH!
ReplyDeleteThankful indeed again this year, perhaps even more so.
Bountiful and joyous, celebratory thanks.
Norman Rockwell's America was an ideal, not quite fully reality, but a far better place than we have drifted since he painted that wonderful image in 1943. It is aspirational, unifying, and motivating. Far from the sulking, divisive and gloomy abyss we have detoured around.
Best wishes to the Chanters, their families, friends, and all those defending our freedom, on the front lines or the thousands of little known outposts which all do their part.
John Blackshoe
Last night, Brenda was up in the living room, and she told Miracle Cat, ( who, as a kitten, got into the duct work, and had have a wall removed to rescue her, hence her name ), " go and get Scott, so he can see what's going on".
ReplyDeleteMiracle came and meowed at me, and I discovered that we had four new additions to the cat herd. While in the barn, she had kittens run up to her, shivering, and screaming for help. She brought them on, and installed them in a portable kennel in the living room, up on the fourth floor, ( there was strange architecture in the '70's when our house was.built.), along with their Mom Cat.
We thought we were going to lose the fourth kitten, a wee small Tom. These guys were clearly born in November, and this one cat fits entirely in my palm. But he is getting formula, and he is nibbling solid food. His Mom cat is in no shape at the moment to nurse. Fortunately Miracle is still lactating after foster mothering Firecracker and his sister, Elsa, so we are going to try and see if she can help the little fellow.
So, this Thanksgiving, God gave us the chance to save a helpless little life. The other three are seemingly doing just fine
I was indeed doped up with Pinot noir and tryptophan as well as preps earlier in the day so I missed your (our?) Turkey Day greeting. I hope yours was good. I may attempt to fill in space while you are away.
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