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               Happy Thanksgiving

Our North Georgia part of the world looks quite different from one month ago. Now the trees are in beautiful shades of red, yellow, orange, and gold. Just driving into town is a beautiful experience in color. I always think about how God just took his paint brush and totally changed the looks of the trees. Also since a month ago, some of the trees have entirely lost their leaves, indicated by the piles of leaves

on our yard. We have a huge hickory tree by our back deck that is so beautiful to see out the kitchen window during the summer. I always dread all those leaves falling because the tree is so bare and not nearly as pretty. The squirrels have been gathering the hickory nuts for about a month. Somewhere around our yard there must be many, many pounds of those nuts hidden for a cold winter day. We have already had a good freeze, so all of our outside flowers are gone for the season. If you are planning to come north to see the changing leaves in November—you better hurry. I don’t think they will last past mid-month.

We had fun getting content for this Thanksgiving issue. Even as hard as these times may be for a lot of folks, we still have many more comforts than the people who celebrated the first recorded Thanksgiving. From what I’ve read, that first Thanksgiving was probably earlier in the year than November, so bitter cold may not have been a factor. I’ve lived on Cape Cod and I know it is very cold there in November. The Indians, or the Pilgrims, did not have double ovens, a six-burner stove, or a microwave to help prepare that famous meal. I like the point made in one of our articles, that the Indians kept a pot on the fire at all times and ate whenever they got hungry. I like that idea, but it must have been food without a lot of calories; did you ever see an overweight Indian? They also didn’t have a huge supermarket, complete with bakery and deli, where they could shop for their food. Instead they had to hunt, or grow, the food and cook it over an open fire. They didn’t have a dishwasher but had to wash their utensils in the river. Oh, my goodness—they didn’t have a big-screen TV to watch football games all afternoon in a warm, cozy family room. Times have changed, but the reason for Thanksgiving is still the same. It is a time to get folks together to share a meal and to give thanks for all God has given us, no matter how great or small. So when you have your family and friends around the table on Thanksgiving Day, tell them how much they mean to you and that we should be thankful every day, not just on this one day.

Thanks to all of our advertisers this month. Without you, this magazine would not be possible. Our December issue will feature Christmas. Your business may want to take this opportunity to buy an ad to thank your employees or the public for their support during the year.

We hope you enjoy our fall cover this month. Cornstalks, pumpkins, pots of colorful mums, and a wreath with fall flair will make any doorway cheerful and inviting.

I receive hundreds of emails during a month. Most of my emails are related to the magazine, but there are some in other categories. Some are funny, some are sad, some you just delete, and some are worth passing on. This is one that is worth passing on. You know there has been a lot of talk about removing “In God We Trust” from everything on the face of the earth. One of the removal sites is our postage stamps. So why not start writing “In God We Trust” on the back of your envelopes? After all, it is our national motto. We must take back our nation from all the people who think that anything that offends them should be removed. It’s been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, I have a very hard time understanding why there’s such a uproar about having “In God We Trust” on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Could it be that WE just need to take action and tell the 14% to sit down and shut up? Quit whining about how bad everything is and take charge of your life.

We will honor our veterans on Wednesday, November 11. These brave men and women fought, and are still fighting, to give us our freedom. Let’s do our part and fight for those same freedoms. Show our veterans that they did not use their time and lives in vain. Our flag still stands for freedom.
Until next month…stay happy!

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