Thanksgiving Thoughts, Part I

Heap high the board with plenteous cheer and gather to the feast,

And toast the sturdy Pilgrim band whose courage never ceased.
~Alice W. Brotherton

The Pilgrims made seven times more graves than huts.  No Americans have been more impoverished than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving. 

~H.U. Westermayer

If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, "thank you," that would suffice.  

~Meister Eckhart

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.  

~Edward Sandford Martin

On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment - halftime.  

~Author Unknown

Thanksgiving and autumn treasures here. 

A Harvest Angel for Fall Equinox

The Harvest Angels watches over the harvest.

But she does more.  After everything is harvested, the Harvest Angels makes sure that seeds and kernels and bits of the crop are left behind...

...so that all the animals have enough food to hold them through the cold winter ahead.

Everyone needs a harvest angel.  She can be found here and here.


Mabon is the Autumn Equinox. The Autumn Equinox divides the day and night equally, and we all take a moment to pay our respects to the impending dark. We also give thanks to the waning sunlight, as we store our harvest of this year's crops. The Druids call this celebration, Mea'n Fo'mhair, and honor the The Green Man, the God of the Forest, by offering libations to trees. Offerings of ciders, wines, herbs and fertilizer are appropriate at this time. Wiccans celebrate the aging Goddess as she passes from Mother to Crone, and her consort the God as he prepares for death and re-birth.

More Than a Day

 More Than A Dayby Karl Fuchs   As Thanksgiving Day rolls around,
It brings up some facts, quite profound. 
We may think that we're poor,
Feel like bums, insecure,
But in truth, our riches astound.  We have friends and family we love;
We have guidance from heaven above. 
We have so much more
Than they sell in a store,
We're wealthy, when push comes to shove.So add up your blessings, I say; 
Make Thanksgiving last more than a day.
Enjoy what you've got;
Realize it's a lot,
And you'll make all your cares go away.   A bracelet to celebrate the season.

Hair of the Leaf That Bit You

Remember when you were a kid
Who played in leaves in fall?
You'd hurl yourself into the pile
And hardly hurt at all.



But if you tried the same jump now
You'd need a chiropractor.
In fact, it would feel quite a bit
Like falling off a tractor.



So wear these leaves twined in your hair
And leave jumps to the kid.
Your body will feel better
And your hair feel glad you did.