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"What if today, we were just grateful for everything?" Charlie Brown, courtesy of Charles Schulz Happy Thanksgiving Eve! I hope your November has been filled with happy moments. This is definitely my favorite time of year. The lights and decorations are up. The pies are in the oven. The holiday sweaters are sparkling. And... it's time for a road trip to see family and friends! This year's festivities are extra special. Our lovely writer friend from across the pond, Sheila Patel, will be...

“The moon has awoken with the sleep of the sun, the light has been broken; the spell has begun.” Midgard Morningstar As October comes to a spooktacular close, we're firing up the cauldron and chilling the boo-ze to celebrate the scariest night of the year, Halloween! Inspiring my quest to conjure up some spookylicious eats and drinks, I have two books I highly recommend to bewitch even the pickiest pumpkin eater... Shall we begin? The latest addition to my cookbook collection is FOOD TO DIE ......

'It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a...

“Wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow.” Anita Desai Well, hello, August! Month eight of the year has arrived and that means one...

' Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in...

“Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.” Al Bernstein Well, hello, June! The sixth month of the year has arrived and with...

“Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach of us more than we...

'Family: the bonds that connect us, and the secrets that send us reeling.' Gemma Lancaster Williams, Marchioness of Kentshire Well,...

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

Peter Drucker

Well, top-o'-the-mornin'-to-ya, March! 2025 has been full of surprises so far--I can't wait to see what happens this 3rd month of the year!

I thought for today's post, we'd take a look at some of the happenings and events of the past few weeks and muse about those that will no doubt continue to brew and bubble up in the days and weeks to come. Sit back and enjoy V's speculative tea...

Let's start out with some good new...

“In the coldest February, as in every other month in every other year, the best thing to hold on to in this world is each other.”

Linda Ellerbee

Month two, February at last! After the bombardment of events in January, I'm kind of hoping peace and calm are the mantras of the month, LOL. As a famous line in a movie once stated---'Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get next.' Let's see what this month of love in the age of Aquarius will bring... ❣️

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