Thanksgiving Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/thanksgiving/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:42:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Thanksgiving Prayer https://smthingscount.com/2019/11/27/thanksg-prayer/ Wed, 27 Nov 2019 16:41:49 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8475 Here’s a very simple act that we can all perform each day: offer up the “Thanksgiving Prayer.”  Not just at Thanksgiving, but all year long. 

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]]> Extending Thanksgiving https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/23/extending-thanksgiving/ Fri, 23 Nov 2018 17:27:00 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7396 Let’s extend Thanksgiving a day…no, a lifetime. If prayer (or God) isn’t your thing, substitute whatever guiding force you use in your life, maybe simply

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]]> A Wish for My Readers https://smthingscount.com/2018/11/22/a-wish-for-my-readers/ Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:06:02 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=7494 I have so very much to be thankful form. Including you, my faithful readers. Have a warm, blessing-filled Thanksgiving.  

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]]> A Truly Thankful Turkey https://smthingscount.com/2017/11/23/a-truly-thankful-turkey/ Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:36:16 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6426 (He made it through Thanksgiving.)   A warm and happy Thanksgiving to all of my readers!

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]]> A Modern Thanksgiving https://smthingscount.com/2017/11/22/a-modern-thanksgiving/ Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:26:43 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6428 When it’s all about the food……..  

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]]> Turkeys Have Big Feet https://smthingscount.com/2017/11/18/turkeys-have-big-feet/ Sat, 18 Nov 2017 16:55:32 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=6372 Let’s talk turkey about the environmental impact of Thanksgiving.  Go to      www.terrapass.com/general/carbon-footprint-thanksgiving to see some startling numbers. Don’t sit around stuffed with guilt; try some of their

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]]> Post-Thanksgiving Silliness https://smthingscount.com/2016/11/25/post-thanksgiving-silliness/ Fri, 25 Nov 2016 15:21:34 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=5384 I’m still full and lazy from yesterday.  Maybe you are, too.  Sit back and enjoy the feeling.  But so you don’t feel you’re wasting time,

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]]> Do You Waste Food in These Ways? https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/28/do-you-waste-food-in-these-ways/ Sat, 28 Nov 2015 16:54:03 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4336 According to the USDA, each year we Americans throw away more than 30% of our groceries, which adds up to about $162 billion worth of

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]]> Ongoing Thanksgiving https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/27/ongoing-thanksgiving/ Fri, 27 Nov 2015 18:26:06 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4334 Usually on Thursdays I offer you a short quote (a “Thursday Thought”).  But I took yesterday off to enjoy Thanksgiving with my family.  The gathering

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]]> Gobbling Up a Pardon https://smthingscount.com/2015/11/25/gobbling-up-a-pardon/ Wed, 25 Nov 2015 18:29:39 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=4331 President Nixon invented the pardon–at least for Thanksgiving turkeys.  In the midst of controversy about pardoning people involved in the Iran-Contra scandal, he joked about

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